San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-02-12
ON TRIAL FOR MURDER.
George Robertson Accused of Kill
ing HIS Wife-other Court
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Judge Noonan this morning for
the trial of George Robertson,
colored. His case was called and
he pleaded not guilty. Robertson
is accused Of the murder Of Emma
Robertson, his wife. On May 10,
1898, Robertson lived with his wife
at No. 507 South Salado street and
she was sick at the time. Rober-
son was not working and his wife
was suffering for the want of food.
The neighbors brought her some
thing to eat and Robertson demand
ed it from his wife. On being re-
fused he abused her in most
brutal manner. He beat and
kicked her, and she died from the
effects of the cruel treatment the
following day. He is being tried
for murder in the second degree.
The following jurors have been
selected from the regular venire:
August WoeltZ, Max Ulrich, w. S.
Herff, E. q. Giraud, Frank A.
Hensley, E. G. Graves, James Cuff,
c.. H. Weiss and A. p. McAlexan-
der. OF the special venire Of TWEEN
ty only two jurors were selected,
H. w. Miller and c. ID. Ingram.
Another juror is required to COM
plete the dozen and special venire
for six jurors, returnable at one
o'clock this afternoon, was issued.
RAILROAD DAMAGE SUIT.
Albert Cassels has entered suit
for damages in the sum of $4,000
against the International and
Great Northern Railway company
in the Thirty-seventhDistrict court.
He claims in the petition that on
February, II, 1893, he purchased
transportation for himself from
San Antonio to Austin; that Aus
tin was reached on the night of
February II and that he was
awakened and told to get off the
train, as the cars only stopped there
a few minutes; that the train was
standing on trestle at the time and
that plaintiff, being ignorant of the
situation, stepped off the train I'M
wares Of the trestie, which was
about thirty feet from the ground,
and fell, thereby sustaining inju-
ries which have rendered him a
cripple for life. He is twenty-one
years of age.
COURT NOTES.
Carl Beck is suing the San Anto-
Mo Street Railway company for
damages in the Thirty.seventh
District court.
County Clerk Smith has issued
licenses to wed to Martin Stahl and
Ida Meyer and to Leon Amars and
Julia Contreas.
Ida Smart has entered suit for
divorce against Carr Smart, in the
Thirty-seventh District court, on
the grounds of desertion.
The Fishermen's Union, of Port
Lavaca, is suing G. SlocOvich on
sworn account in the sum of
$335.32 in the Thirty-seventh Dis
trict court.
S. l.. McAdoO and Fritz Guen-
ther were fined $40 each by Judge
King this morning, as defaulting
jurors, in a case in the FOrty-fifth
District court.
A. b. Cowart, charged with adul-
terry, was released from jail on a
recognizance of $500 last Saturday
afternoon. The sureties are DIR. A.
r. Balkan and Frank Umscheid.
Albert Baumbach, charged with
assault to rape little Minnie Smith,
a girl about seven years of age,
| was convicted and sentenced to
five years in the penitentiary, in
the Thirty-seventh District court
Saturday evening.
In the suit Of Waller Tips ct al.
VS.. f. A. Laughlin, tried in the
| FOrty-fifth District court last Sat
urday, judgment was rendered,
giving the land sued for and the
use of it, amounting to $l,0O2.41, to
the plaintiffs, and allowing the de-
PENDANT $3.50 for improvements
made on the land.
a petition was signed by the
members of the grand jury, Judge
NOOnan, District Attorney Camp
and others, last Saturday to be pre-
sented to Governor Hogg, asking
him to pardon Antonio Rodriguez,
| who was sentenced to two years in
the penitentiary on plea of guilty
last Saturday. Rodriguez is charg-
ed with having stolen a sack of
flour from the warehouse Of w. w,
Sloan for his family, which was
starving for the want of something
to eat.