Tombstone epitaph., 1893-05-10
AT COURT. The MCAllister MandamuS Suit Bids Fair to be an Exhaustive Minor Matters Attended to by the Court During the
 Day.

The attorneys who were U take part in the McAllister mandamus pro- ceedings today were loaded down with volumes Of authorities as they til d into court this morning. After sev- eral minor matters had been attended to this somewhat celebrated case was called. MT English started of by calling for MT. McAlister as the first witness which was objected to by the defense which intimated that that point in the proceedings would likely never De reached and stated that they had demurrer to present. This de- murrer denied the jurisdiction of the court to hear the suit as it had not been properly brought. The judge overruled this demurrer, to which an exception was taken and entered on the minutes. The next point raised by the attorneys for the defense was that the mandsmus was not the prop CT remedy in this case and that title to office could not be tried by man. damus. This point was argued at length, Col. Herring and Frank Heney who occupied the morning session to convince the court that MT. Nc Allister was ineligible to the office of supervisor by reason of his having been elected while treasurer. Num- erous authorities were cited on this point.
 During the morning the matter of Fall & Seto vs the county, an agreed case was taken up but not decided. This firm is doing business at Wilcox A year ago they did not turn in their assessment although blank was left at their place of business. The board of equalization met and raised their assessmen; from SI5,COO to $20,OOO No one appeared to object. After the | board adjourned MT. Soto came over before the board of supervisors and objected to the raise. The board de- clined to take any action in the mat ter. Messrs Fall X Soto declined to pay on over Sl5, 900 and it was agreed to submit the matter of the legality st the raise to the court and submit to its decision. Judge Sloan has the matter under advisement.
 A criminal case Of some interest wa: before the court this morning. The Mexican, Lsguna, who confessed ts having shot fellow countryman al Fairbank couple of years ago, was brough. into court to plead. His at. torney c. G. Johnson answered fol him that he was not guilty. The court asked the prisoner through the interpreter whether he was or was D o guilty and received the reply guilty lie was told of the consequences if he | pleaded guilty and concluded to plead not guilty and it was so entered. La guna waa indicted by the grand jury two years ago and was arrested in Bis bee by Dan Simon last month anC taken before justice Of the peace He confessed to killing the man fol which crime another Mexican is serv- ing term in the peniten,iary. The witnesses are mostly in Phenix. The man at Yuma will have to be brough here to testify and altogether it will b, much more expensive than fl his orig inal determination of pleading guilt, had be. n entertained.
 AFTERNOON sEssIEN.
 Alter the noon recess, Mir. Hene, again look up the thread of his argu ment, quoting from authority afte authority both in favor of hIs position and against that of the opposite sid, | whose argument he anticipated an,