Arizona republican., 1895-11-21
SCORED I'HE PAROLE kCH. Judge Bakers Homily Upon It. A Lively Day in the District
 Court. Disposition of Number Of Minor
 Cases-lndictments
 Returned.

The district court was stuffy and uncomfortable and it was warmed by fervid rays of an Indian summer sun, yet was an interesting spot yesterday. And the crowd, composed as usual of lawyers, witnesses and idle jurymen, enjoyed it as though at a circus. None of the cases were important, yet all had in them spice of the especial flavor en- j0yed by the court room lounger.
 In the morning the sentences were first read. One of them was that of Tomas Galano. He had been con- victed of burglary in the second degree, in having entered and robbed the house of Miss Beulah Frary in University ad- dition. Before passing sentence upon him Judge Baker asked him if he had ever before been convicted of crime. It was drawn out that Galano had been but four months out of the peniten- tiary. He was sent there in 1893 for an assault on woman. Though sen- fenced for three years and a half, he served but year, being then ''pa- roled" by the governor for good be- havior
 Over this Judge Baker Waxed indig- nant, and said that courts were of lit- tie use if their work could thus be rendered idle by the action of the par doning power. The exercise of the pardoning power in many cases is to be commended, but in this assuredly a mistake had been made. The prisoner evidently is bad man, burglar, and burglar from the very exercise of his occupation is akin to murderer. The court ended by duplicating to Galano his Yavapai sentence three years and a half in the penitentiary, plus three months for better luck.
 The sentence of William Tyree con- vioted of grand larceny, was post poned. Charles Whitfield, the barber who broke Babes" wrist, was given ten days in the county jail Gregoric Armento, for grand larceny, was aWar ded one year and nine months ir the penitentiary.
 Judge Baker seems to have a pen, chant for odd periods of sentence rarely giving even years Imprisonment to any prisoner. This was explained by an officer to mean that his hono1 when he believed a man should be i'm priSoned for a certain length of timt added to it the time that the prisoner might gain by inoffensive conduct il jail
 Luz Espinosa was convicted of burg lary in the first degree.
 J. Menier is an individual who forgeC the name of H. s. Merrill to a checl for S94 and cashed the check at th, store Of Goldberg Brothers. His at torneys withdrew the plea of not guilt, and entered a plea of guilty.
 Charles Parker, a negro, has been il jail since June on a charge of aggra Vated assault, in offering violence to married lady upon the street. No in jury attended the assault, which sim ply consisted in catching hold of he1 A verdict of guilty as charged was ren derad.
 The grand jury is now divided u into committees, investigating tn county offices, to again meet Friday t prepare a final report. What is prob ably the final criminal report wa turned in yesterday. Four indict ments were returned The most i'm portant are against the Daggs firm They cover matters investigated by former grand jury and are old charge in a new form.
 Susie Smith, the Tempe domestic who received the jewelry stolen fro1 Dr. Scroggs, was indicted and las night was arrested on bench warran
 Ramon Bernal, now in jail, charge with burglary, was the grand jury last victim, the charge of burglar against P. G. Gordan being ignored.
 PEACE REIGNS AGAIN.