Los Angeles herald., 1891-04-19
THE COURTS.
A CONVICTION ON THE CHARGE OF
SELLING LOTTERY TICKETS.
Court News Notes of Cases Acted
Upon Yesterday.

Max Harris was remembered yester
day in department one of the superio
court. He was found guilty on tw'
charges Of selling lottery tickets, ,sentenc'
in both cases being deferred.
In the first case against Harris tn,
jury was charged and retired to de
lberate.
In the meantime his trial upon th'
second charge commenced at once. Ii
this instance boy named j. Castill.
was sent to Harris by Detective Bosqu
to purchase lottery ticket. Harris
sold him the ticket ON the 9th of Decem
ber last.
The testimony upon this point wal
conclusive and straight to the point
The only theory upon which the defense
combatted it, was that it was the testi
mony of an informer.
The jury in the first case came in soon
after retiring, and returned verdict o.
guilty. The jury in the second case
came to the same conclusion in very
short time. Harris will be sentenced
next week.
CRIMINAL MATTERS.
In department one yesterday mum
ber of informations were filed.
One was against H. F. Parkins, who
is charged with receiving stolen goods
in that on January 18th last, he took
from John Wilson and Ralph Murphy
a harness, which was stolen from A. j
Salisbury. Wilson and Murphy have
been sentenced to serve term in Sar
Quentin, but they are being held here
to testify against Parkins.
An information was also filed against
James Hagar, charging him with the
crime of burglarizing his own mothers
house.
Nicodemus Urquides was to have
been sentenced in department one yes.
glary in the second degree. Sentence
was continued until the 22d inst. Shinn
q Ling were substituted as his attorneys
in lieu of John Robarts. An endeavor
will be made to secure for Urquides a
new trial.
The case against Henry Tuttle, who is
charged with assaulting Henry Schultz,
with intent to commit robbery, was dis.
missed in department one yesterday.
The district attorney considered the evi-
dence insufficient.
SUPREME COURT NEWS.
The following cases were argued yes.
terday in the supreme court and sub
mitted for decision:
Barrett, by guardian, against the
Southern Pacific railroad company; the
San Diego Lumber company against
Woodbridge and others; Preston against
Frey & Frey; Hughes VS.. Dunlap; Scott,
trustee, vs. Sells and others Frazer vs..
Lynch and others; Bogart VS.. Crosby &
Van Harens.
Court will meet again on Monday at
10 a. m.
A SOLITARY DIVORCE CASE.
OF late but few divorces have been
awarded in the superior courts of this
county. There is no particular reason
why the business of severing marriage
ties should have gone into a decline
but it has, nevertheless.
Yesterday Judge Wade granted the
petition of Nellie Nichols, who asked
that she be given a legal separation
from Elmer Nichols on the ground OF
desertion. This is the first case that
has been up in any of the six depart
ments Of the court for week.
JUDGMENT FOR WAGES.
A rather anomalous suit was on in de-
partment five yesterday. 1t was suit
wherein an old man named Hendricks
sought to obtain from Eggleston & Mar
shall $13 for wages due. The case was
appealed from the justice court. Judge
Mckinley affirmed the judgment of the
lower court.
COURT NOTES.
Henry H. Baker was arrested yester-
day on charge of obstructing a settle
ment on government land in the Los
Virgines district. He gave bail and
was released.
Fred Czarske, a native of Germany,
was yesterday naturalized by Judge
Wade. ~
In department four the Security Loan
and Trust company yesterday got a
judgment in foreclosure against Francis
T. Kelly for $1l27.
The sensational case of M. M. La
Pierce against Armaud La Pierce,
will come up in department four
in ten days. The defendant has been
given until that time to plead. This is
suit in which Mrs. La Pierce accuses
Armaud with securing a divorce by
fraud.
Judge Wade gave number of DEGREES
in foreclosure yesterday among them be-
ing the following: Swan against Allen
for 5000; the San Gabriel Valley bank
against De Vriezo for $500; Mason
against Jacobs for $500 and Newhall
against Bennan.
The information against DIR. B. F.
Bragg, who is charged with embezzling
$92.50, was dismissed yesterday on a
demurrer by Justice Stanton. The
ground of the demurrer was that the in
formation did not state facts to consti-
tute the offense charged.
The case against S. M. Stoner, who
was charged with passing a fraudulent
check for $11, was dismissed by Justice
Stanton yesterday. The defendant paid
the $11scheck and also the costs in the
case.
The San Gabriel Valley bank yester-
day got decree in foreclosure against
G. w. Abbott for $95.
In department three yesterday the
Los Angeles County bank was given a
decree in foreclosure against A. S.
Mcdonald for $5622 40.
In department two Newell Matthews
was awarded similar decree against 8.
P. Poston for $2260.
Upon the petition OF the child's moth
er, William Wallace Bowen was yesterday
legally adopted as the child OF Abraham
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