San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-11-13
THE COURTS.

Doings I'm the Halls OF Justice.
Before Judge Noonan today Henry
Bell pleaded guilty to theft ola wagon
and team of horses from G.. III. Towns
end. Sheriff r. r. Creech, of Flores
Vile, was present as q witness. Fol-
lowing suits have been filed:
w. H. Jennings, Jr,, VS.. j. r. Muir
ray, on promissory note.
J. T. Gillette, ct al, vs.. Anton Lo-
rentz, ct al, to try title and for dam
ages.
Matte Peterson VS.. Robt. Peterson,
divorce.
Before Judge King the case of Ives
vs.. G. H. & s. A. railway, Co., dam
ages, Is on trial.
A motion for appeal will be made by
this road in the case against them by
Chas. Briggs.
Before Justice Heron a charge has
been made against Martha Davis for
assault to murder her babe, and the
woman has been arrested and will be
brought back tomorrow.
Last night the justice married Epl-
fanio Juarez and Tulsa Capatia. 1t
was at first charged that Epifanio
had abducted the girl, who Is but IA
wears old, but it now transpires that
she was enga, ed to be married to
him, and that her cruel treatment
and many beatings from her step
father only precipitated matters ana
caused her to run away and seek pro-
lection at the house of Epifanio's
mother.
Justice McAllister today came down
l,1 "a RI ia
Gently elected successor, Anton ADAM
who will qualify this afternoon at D
o'clock. During his four years as JUS
tice of the peace, Judge MICA Mister
has had ], S44 civil and 2,7O7 criminal
cases before him.
In the Federal court, Judgment in
the case of Duge Whaley, charged
| with smuggling 400 goats, was sus-
pended, pending the motion for new
trial.
The case of Chas. Solcher, charged
with passing counterfeit money, was
| Withdrawn from the jury at the in
stance of the district attorney, owing
to q faulty indictment, but another
charge was Immediately lodged
against him, in which all of the re-
guiremepts of the law were met.
After this case, the indictments
against Jas. Riley, Sr. and Frank
Riley, for passing counterfeit money,
were read, to which they pleaded
not guilty. They were both placed
under $3.50 bond to appear be-
| fore the court after the civil docket
had been settled.
The case of the u. :. vs. DIR. X. IL.
Monroe, charged with attempting to-
commit rape on the person of Miss
Emma Snyder, while on the U. B.
reservation at Fort Clark, November
9th, 1889, and the allegations of Miss
Snyder, who is evidently seven, ten
or eight years of age, that while in
the dental chair, she was put under
the influence of chloroform and re-
gained consciousness just as the Doc
tor attempted to perpetrate the crime,
are we'll known. DR.. Monroe has on
his defense Judge Dyer and City At
torney Richard Monroe, both of
Waco, who started the ball IN the
case rolling by: assailing the indict-
ment and attempting to show its in
va lidIty. This point was still being
argued at the noon hour.
u. 5. Commissioner Price this MORN
ing remanded to Jail, awaiting
the order of Judge Maxey for their
removal, two parties wanted in Tupe-
10, Jackson county Ala, on the
charge of robbing the postoffice OF
that place, on the eighth CT, January,
1890.
Both men are very young, perhaps
20 or q years of age, and were cap
tured near Austin last night by dep
uty Fred. ]. Turner. They were ar
rested on certified copy of an in
dictment against them, and admitted
that they were the parties wanted.
The recorders court this morning
disposed of ten cases, DRINKS and
fighting, assessing $S5 in fines.
There were no cases of interest
called and the audience was slim.