Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-12-02
CRIMINALS GATHERED In.
Synopsis of Business Transacted By
Judge Laughlin's Court at
TERRA Amarillo.
RORTY-NINE COHVICTS SINCE SEPTEMBER
Murderers Executed and Under Sen.
tence of Death-Emphatically
Law and Order Administration
-Apodaca Murder Trial.

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ness done at the late term of the district
court in Rio Arrlba county:
Court opened according to law on the
4th of November, 1896. Both the grand
and petit juries were impaneled by
noon of that day and the trial of causes
was Immediately commenced.
New indictments to the number of
thirty-one we're found and filed. Of these
eleven were for murder; ten for horse,
cattle and sheep stealing and killing; four
for assault of several sorts; three for
larceny; one each for perjury, embezzle-
ment and forgery, and one information
was lodged for selling liquor on election
day.
Twenty criminal appeals and twelve
civil appeals from justices of the peace
were docketed during the term.
Upon the criminal docket at the incep-
ton of the term were forty-six criminal
and ffty-three civil actions. Reckoning
the new indictments, the mass of bust
ness awaiting determination by the court
between November and November %
aggregated 163 cases. OF these, sixty
four criminal and thirty-fve civil actions
we're determined, leaving to be deter
mined sixty-four cases, nine of which are
indictments for murder, the remainder
being mostly for misdemeanors and
cases appealed from Justices courts.
Jury trials we're had in twenty-five in
stances. The other cases were heard by
the court, the jury being waived.
Perfecto Padillo, for the murder of
John Vipond, and Rosario Ring, for the
murder of Carlos Ulibarri, were found
guilty and sentenced to be hanged on
Saturday morning, December 81, 1895.
Celestino Romero, tried Jointly with Ro-
sario King, was acquitted.
Perfecto Padilla took no appeal from
the sentence of death, so that his execu-
ton will likely occur on the day set. Ro'
sario Ring appealed to the supreme
court.
Four persons we're convicted of peni'
Tertiary offenses as follows: A. P. Nor
ris, found guilty of assault with deadly
weapon, sentenced to two years in the
penitentiary; Enriquez Garcia and Bonito
Monies Vigil, found guilty OF horse
stealing, sentenced to three years each in
the penitentiary, and Pedro A. Velasquez,
convicted of assault to commit rape, sen
fenced to two and half years in the peni-
Tertiary.
Sheriff Felix Garcia and Deputies Sa-
bino Olivas and Emmett Writ arrived from
Rio Arriba county, on Saturday evening,
and promptly turned over the four con-
victs to the superintendent of the peni-
Tertiary. Sheriff Garcia expects to re-
turn home in the morning.
OONvICTs lNCARCERATED.
Since September last there have been
received at the New Mexico penitentiary
40 copvicts, as follows: From Bernalillo
county, 16; Chaves county, 5; Dona Ana
county, 4; Eddy county, 6; Grant county,
4; Rio Arrlba county, 4; Socorro county,
1; San Juan county, 8; San Miguel county,
2; Union county, l; Valencia county, 8;
40. Their terms of sentence read:
8 months, 1; 6 months, 8; 9 months, 1; !
year, 16; 10 months, $50 years, 4; 2 years
months, 8; 3 years, 7; 4 years, l; 5 years,
2; 80 years, 2; 90 years, L; total, 40.
The crimes committed are as follows:
Adultery, 8; assault with deadly weapons,
5; assault with intent to murder, 2; assault
with intent to commit rape, 2; burglary,
10; embezzlement, 1; forgery, 1; horse
stealing, 8; incest, l.; grand larceny, 2;
larceny, 1; larceny of cattle, 8; murder, 8;
murder second degree, q; obstructlng U.
8. mail, /; polygamy, L; selling liquor to
Indians, /; unlawful branding of cattle,
2; total, 40.
MURDERERs EXECUTED.
Since the beginning of the present law
and order Democratic administration in
New Mexico four persons, two in Santa
Fe county, one in Eddy county and one
in San Miguel county, have been legally
executed for murder in the first degree.
Besides those hanged, nine convicted
nurderers are now under sentence of
death in the territory as follows: Santa
Fe county, 4; Rio Arriba county, 2; Cha
YES county, 2; Bernalillo county, l.
ApoDAoA MURDER TRIAL.
Felix Apodaca was placed on trial for
murder in Judge Golfers court at Albu-
luerque this morning. Speaking of this
Ease the Democrat says: The territory
will be represented by District Attorney
Wilkerson while B. 8. Rodey will defend
podaca, who is supposed to be partner
n crime of Pedro Garcia, who ia wanted
or several murders, ls accused of the
murder of Pedro Lobato and Maxine
Sandoval. On June e28 last, the dead
bodies of the two men were found near
Pena Blanca and Apodaca is accused of
he terrible crime.