San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-02-13

The proceedings in the Thirty.
seventh District court are of the
mountaineering order at present
The case against George Roberts
charged with assault to murder
was called for trial this morning
He pleaded guilty and was given
! two years in the penitentiary
Roberts is the soldier, who, in a fit
OF jealousy, attacked Josie Wilbur
| at the Gem theatre on the night
OF December 26 last, with a
razor and cut her hands and
throat. He then attempted to kill
himself by cutting his own throat.
He appeared in court this morn
ing in a gray suit of clothes and
large white hat. He now has a
full beard and from appearances
he has been well fed. To reporter
for the LIGHT he stated this morn
ing that he had nothing to say
about his sentence and that he is
satisfied. He considered himself
fortunate to be let off with such a
light sentence.
DISMISSED AND RE-INDICTED.
A case against Santiago Cara,
charged with stealing a horse be-
longing to Encarnacion Rodriguez,
was called for trial this morning.
1t was dismissed, owing to some
defect in the indictment. He was,
however, Immediately re-indiCted
for the same otfense, and the case
went to trial. District Attorney
w. r. Camp and James w. Nc
Dugald are the prosecuting attor-
neys, and J. J. Fisk and H. Hertz
berg are representing Cara. The
witnesses are mostly MeXicans,
and NJ. G. Anderson is acting as
Interpreter.
At 2 o'clock the jury was sent
out and soon returned with a yer.
dict of guilty and a sentence of
five years.
HE STOLE CABBAGE.
Luke AskinS, a white man about
% years Of age, was tried by JUS
ttce Anton Adam this morning on
charge of theft of agricultural
products. He pleaded not guilty,
but was found guilty and fined SO,
in default of which he was com.
mitted to jail. Askins is accused
Of having entered cabbage patch
Of Fred Askcns, at No 7O7 NOgali.
tOs street, on last January 26, and
stole seven head Of cabbage at ten
cents a head.
THIRTY YEARS IN THE PEN.
The trial Of George Robinson.
colOred, charged with the murder
of his wife by beating and kick
ing her, was concluded in the
Thirty-seventh District court yes.
terday afternoon. The jury found
him guilty of murder in the Sec
Ond degree, and assessed his pun
ishment at thirty years in the
penitentiary. Robinson mistreated
his wife when she was recovering
from the effects of childbirth, and
was very feeble.
BETTE CHAVEZ RELEASED.
Bette Chavez, who killed Jose
r. Trevinio by striking him with
an axe last Wednesday in self de-
Tense, was released from jail yes
terday by order of the grand jury,
which was unable to find a true
bill against her. Bill Whitworth
charged with robbery, who was out
on bond was also liberated at the
instigatiOn Of the grand jury.
COURT NOTES.
Judge f. Griff Jones called his
civil docket yesterday.
}. d. Mcmillan and Ida Naples
were licensed to wed by the coun-
ty clerk yesterday afternoon.
The Commissioners court is in
session again after an adjourn
ment Of several weeks. Quarterly
reports are being approved.
Judgment was rendered for de-
PENDANT in a suit on note of Will
liam Davis ct al, VS.. III. B. An
drews ct al. in the Forty-fifth Dis
trict court yesterday afternoon.
This suit was filed in 1856 and was
transferred from the Thirty