Los Angeles herald., 1891-02-12
Capitol Milling company vs. .Crump ct al,
the defendant having failed to appear.

Capitol Milling company We. .Crump ct al.
the defendant having failed to appear.
4 In the absence Of Judge Van Dyke, in
department four, Judge Mckinley yes.
terday rendered judgment for the plain
if in the suit Of l.. i. Bequette We. ID.
w. Field; an action brought to recover
from the defendant as administrator oi
the estate of Allen Cam, deceased, for
merly OF Rivera, the sum Of 5000, alleged
to be due on o promissory note.
In Judge McKihley's court, q jury
rendered Judgment for the defendant in
the cause Of the Arroyo Ditch and Water
/ Co. vs. f. J. Standlee, suit brought to
compel the payment of an assessment OF
$2l. On motion Of the plaintiff q stay
of proceedings was granted for ten days.
In department six, yesterday, w. u.
Harvey appeared before Judge Shaw,
and was granted leave to withdraw his
| plea of not guilty, to the charge OF as
sault with deadly weapon, and substi-
tute therefor lhis plea Of guilty to the
charge Of simple assault. He will come
up again for sentence on Saturday.
! NEW SUITS.
Among the documents fled with the
county clerk yesterday were the pre-
liminary papers in the following new
suits
Kerckhoff- Gunner Mill and Lumber
company We. NJ. Il. Mather; suit to OBJ
tain Judgment for 81, ,5B7,5i, alleged to
be due on a certain promissory note,
dated October j, 1887, and bearing inter-
est at the rate Of 10 per cent. per an.
mum. w ae4
William Kenny Watson VS.. Duarte
Hotel company ct al. suit to foreclose
q mortgage on block of land at Duarte,
containing ] 6-1O acres, and upon which
stands the hotel and outbuildings, dated
January 2l, 1889, and given as security
for the payment of prOmissory note for
$4500, bearing interest at the rate of IL
per cent. per annum; also that receiv-
er be appointed to take charge of the
hotel pending the suiS. II
THE JUSTICES COURTS
The preliminary examination OF j. s.
Taylor, charged with perjury. was. re-
sumed before Justice Stanton yesterday
afternoon in the township court. With
the close OF the examination of Miss
Jessie Marshall the prosecution rested
its case, and the defense called the first
witness, a cattleman named B. w. Cary.
An attempt was made to prove by him,
that Miss Marshalrs testimony to the
effect that she had never been on the
Penesquitas ranch with Dennis ,O'Brien
in 1889, was untrue; and he testified
that he was introduced to her by O'Brien
in the middle of September of that
year at the gate leading to the ranch.
The witness was subjected to very
severe cross examination, which lasted
until 8 O'Clock p. m., when the court
adjourned for the day.
Jose Machado and M. Figueroa were
brought in from La BallOna Yesterday,
on warrants charging them with having,
on October 18th last, committed the
crime of arson at La Ballona. On being
taken before Justice Stanton, who issued
the warrants and before whom the COM
plant was filed, for arraignment, the
magistrate found clerical error in the
complaint, whereby the offense was said
to have been committed on October II,
1891. and refused to have anything more
to do with the matter. The result was
the defendants were released by the
deputy sheriff, and subsequently new
complaint was fled, but the two men
were not to be found.
On the date in question the dwelling
house Of j. F. Figuegoa, at La Ballona,
was burned to the ground, the inmates
barely escaping with their lives.
That the case was one OF arson was so
manifestly apparent that the Under
writers association issued proclama-
tion offering reward for the arrest and
conviction Of the parties who fired the
building, and A. s. White, an employee
of Harris detective bureau, has been at
work upon it.
1t is now alleged that on the evening
of October 11th last, Machado and G.
Figueroa made two attempts to burn the
dwelling in question. In both instances
the blaze was extinguished before any
great damage was done. But the claim
is made that at 80 o'clock in the morn
ing OF the 18th blaze was started by
them which reduced the building to
ashes.
Frank Murray and Andrew Wood, two
of the men who robbed Major Twine in
Msin-street saloon Monday, were
found guilty of robbery yesterday by
Justice Owens, and held in $500 bonds
till today for sentence. Frank Orr was
declared not guilty Of robbery, but after
hearing further evidence on the charge
OF battery he, together with Wood, was
found guilty on that charge, and held
in $500 bonds for sentence today. Muir
ray escaped conviction for battery.
The cases Of All Sing and All Jack,
arrested ON December 11th for playing
dice, were continued till January 10th
yesterday, by Justice Owens.
Martha Eeliger, who pleaded guilty to
robbing Mrs. s. Mas of cloak and
diamond ring, while she was employed
by the hitter as domestic. was sent to
Jail for forty days BY Jnstice Austin
yesterday.
Sophia Moor the courtesan arrested
Tuesday night on Los Angeles street for
Austin yesterday, and the case set for
pleading today.