Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-09-05
OFFICIAL GRIST.
Capital News on Many Topics of
Moment to All New Mexico
Readers.

The supreme court decision in the Fol-
som case settles a very interesting ques-
tion as to practice in the courts. The
main question was whether the presence
on the jury of a person over 60 years of age
would vitiate verdict, where no objec-
ton WAS made at the time the jury was
chosen. The court decides that an objec-
ton of this kind comes too late after
verdict; that parties must exercise due
diligence to ascertain such facts before
trial, and if through ignorance or inten-
ton the defendant does not OBJ ect before
going to trial he valves his objection,
especially SO if he fails to show that he
was injured by the presence of the juror
over age.
s. M. Folsom was taken in charge by
Deputy U. S. Marshal Loomis yester-
day afternoon and landed at the peniten-
tiary at $3.50. Halt On hour later he had
lost his hair and mustache and was adorn-
ed with the regulation convicts' suit bear
ing the figures No. ISL. He was assigned
to the cell occupied by Gilbert,
the Albuquerque man now serving six
years for embezzling Wells, Fargo g. Cos.
express funds. Manuel Gomez, the Taos
county politician who refused to accept
poll tax from voters with view to in
fuencing the result of the election in
Taos county two years ago, was also
turned over to Supt. Bergman yesterday,
and for two months his name will be No.
1852.
Speaking of ex-Gov. Prince now at
tending the national irrigation conven.
ton, the Denver Times-Sun says: she
believes that the government should cede
certain conditions. His theory is that
the government should hold the title of
the land until the Improvements shall
have been made, and thus prevent it from
falling into the hands of spectators, as
was done by the spectators in the south,
in getting hold of the swamp lands. The
size of each tract should be limited. The
question of water storage he considered
one of the most important"
The supreme court this morning rem
lered decision granting the alternative
writ of prohibition applied for by Mr.. j.
H. Crist in behalf of Marshal Charley
Closson against the town board of Ger
rillos. The OBJECT of this writ is to pre-
vent the investigation of the affairs of
Mr.. Closson, which the board was to have
made to night. The court announced
that the final hearing of the matter would
come up at the special term of the court
to be held on the 9Th Monday of October.
Hon. H. B. Ferguson won signal vic
tory in the case of the terri
tory VS.. Vicente Armijo charged with
stabbing in Albuquerque. Mr.. Fergus
son represented Armijo, and attacked the
indictment on the ground that an offense
of this kind could not be punished under
the "deadly weapon law" The court sus-!
tanned him, and gave direction that an
order in arrest of judgment be entered in
the court below. This practically dis
charged the prisoner as the statute of
limitation bars the finding of another in
dictment for the offense.
The land court this morning handed
down decision in three cases all of them
being entitled Beatrice Perea de Armijo
vs.. United States. The decision confirms
a grant of 1000 acres near Galisteo in
this county. The court yesterday con-
cluded the Cisneros grant case. It this
morning completed the Pajarito case.
This involves about $4,000 acres in Berns,
lilo county, just south of the Atrisco
lands. Gen. E. L. Bartlett appeared for
the claimants.
On the application of Arthur Schwarz-
enbach, of New York, and Geo. Hosmer,
of Boston, stockholders in the Sandia
Mining com pany, the injunction granted
some weeks ago at the instance of ]. 8.
Thompson has been dissolved by Judge
Laughlin and the receiver, John H. Riley,
discharged. Alex. Rogers is appointed
custodian OF the property and will enter
upon his duties after he files bond in
the sum of $1,000 to be approved by
District Clerk Wyllys.
Judge A. B. Fall, U. 8. Attorney j. B.
H. Hemingway, Assistant U. 8. Attorney
George P. Money and Deputy Marshal
Neustatter left last night for Las Cruces,
where court convenes tomorrow. The
three last named gentlemen will probably