Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-10-03

The Page Trial WIN Come Up To-day
Probate Husincss-Truusfer<

The probate docket occupied Judge
] Johnson's attention in the county cOui
/ yesterday.
In the Sevcnteenth district court II.
Lang pleaded guilty to burglary ana
4 got tSso years sen.ance 10 this pen
/ The place Lang broke in:o WAS Judge
I Harris barn from which he stole a lot
] " grain As he had been already con-
1 victsd OF rcbhing the premises of Mr..
l Chapman. a farmer. for Which he got
three years senisns=. the walls II
the penilentiary viii nod him for thc
next i've yearS.
Il. A. Thomas VIII SO to the penitcn-
tinry for four gears. lie pleaded
guilty TO making forssi instrument
and got two y,srs sentence for Il,
and another tive years was added for
passing the forgery. He passed a
forged check for SEQ on J. II. Motion
- which he had forged she name Of
J. Il. Neal.
The case OF James Francisco. a
young printer. syas tried IA he after
rcon. Francisco is charged with hav-
mg embezzlti S2S when lclougei 10
Charles CLARK. ~hc Statement Cmrk
made on the Witness stanl WIS III at
Francisco came to him some
time ago AID wtit1 Ia r0rr"v hii: /.
dollar Clark did not have the change
and he handed the check TO Francisco.
telling him to get 1t cashed, take out
half dollar and bring the balance
Of the money back. Clark stated that
Francisco failed to return and has
never paid over the money. The de-
Tense WAS made that Francisco was
very drunk the night he borrowed the
money; too drunk to know what he
was doing. The defense introduced a
number OF witnesses to prove that
Franclsco's reputation for honesty is
good. The jury brought in a verdict
Of guilty and the sentence was one
year In jail.
Attorney Andrew Jackson defended
Francisco In an able manner. and the
plea IN behalf OF his client was an
Ingenious effort II was thought by
many that two years I'm the penlten-
tinry would be the least punishment
assessed according to the bill OF in
dletment By the grand jury, but coun-
sci FOR defendant dived down into the
law books and produced law whereby
the charge OF embezzlement could be
reduced to misdemeanor and upon
this point he made the fight FRAN
cisco and his friends think the termina-
ton OF the case quite victory. A
petition for pardon will be presented
to Gov. Hogg for Francisco's release.
as the case is in the nature OF an un-
fortunate occurrence and not one
where the defendant had fraudulent
intent
a great deal Of interest Ia manifested
IN the case Of r. NJ. PAGE. charged
with the murder Of A. b. Smith. which
has been set for trial today. Both the
attorneys for the prosecution and for
the defense have announced that they
are ready, and nothing seems to pre-
vent the commencement OF the trial
from the prominence OF both parties
10 the unhappy affair. the commission
OF winch so terribly shocked the, people
or Fort Worth, there Will be Immense
interest In the coming trial some OF
,he most able attorneys In the state are
engaged on both sides, and II win he
a hard fought legal battle. The do
tense is represented by Furnpn <,
Bowlin and b. d. Shropshire. the prose-
cution viii be conducted by assistant
prosecuting attorneys o. s. baltimore
ana W H. Hanger. and wynne. Nc
Cart & Booty.