The herald., 1896-03-15
ENCINAS HELD TO ANSWER
A Dastardiy Outrage Upon a Little Italian


A good portion of The day was spent by
Justice Rossiter yesterday in examining B.
Encinas, Mexican youth, on charge of
crime against nature. The testimony
went to show that Encnas had committed
brutal outrage upon the person of little
boy, some i or years old. named Marco
RosselIi. On the 9th of this month
Encinas enticed the lad into an old brick
yard near the Catholic cemetery on Buena
Vista street, and there it is alleged, NAL
treated him in a shameful manner. The
boy, who is delicate child, was in court,
and the testimony of physicians who ex-
amined him after the commission of the
deed went to show that he was terribly
used. Encinas was held to answer for his
crime to the superior court, with bail set at
$4,000.
The trial of attorney M. V. Biscailuz for
embezzlament was placed on the calendar
for March 10Th, to he heard before jury.
Basilio Maiden was assessed $40 on con-
viction of fast and reckless driving, which
he paid. Eugene Lea had his trial for
vagrancy continued to be reset, and was
meantime released on his own recogniz-
ance.
Three Alameda street cyprians- Carrie
Wolf, Nellie Stephens and Pearl Dixon
we're up before Justice Owens for disturb
ing the peace by fighting and hair pulling,
and were given fines of $40, so and IS
respectively, which were promptly paid.
Ah Loo pleaded guilty to selling lottery
tickets and paid SIS for so doing. Hing
Lee and Wi Yuen Sang are to be tried on
the same charge on March l 8 and "a be-
fore jury.
Cowboy Preacher Rice and his evangel-
istic wife appeared for trial on the old
charge of obstructing the street, the first to
come up under the new ordinance. Attor-
ney Woolner, their counsel, attempted to
question the legality of their arrest for vio-
lating the provisions of the ordinance the
same evening upon which it received its
first publication. but met with little sue
cess. The whole matter was postponed,
however, until the 18th, at = p. IN.
Looking downcast and repentant Albert
Acebeda, the eX-convict, stood up to re-
ceive sentence for battering Chnaman
named N. Fook several nights ago on
Alameda street. Acebeda's s attorney made
strong plea that his client be given a
tloater and promised that he should i'm
mediately leave the city and state. His
father had made arrangements to send
him to Old Mexico, to remain for years
and, perhaps, for ever. If the judge
would but give him a chance to get away
he would not return and the community
would be we'll rid of him. Judge Owens
with the idea, but consented to postpone
sentence until Monday. and meanwhile he
would think over the matter.
A scared little chap was Willie McKin-
ney as he approached the bar to be SEN
fenced for stealing papers from doorsteps.
His honor delivered a stern lecture to the
youthful cu!prit and gave him 500 or
twenty days, sentence to be suspended
during good behavior.
No complaint had been filed against +.
d. Cheesegrove, an expressman. for strjk-
ing little candy peddler on Spring street,
and ne was discharged. Manuel Lugo had
trial for disturbing the peace fixed for the
Oath, and is meantime out on bail. Lugo
is accused of trying to carve a countryman
with knife during an altercation.
On March l tn Oscar Andria was jai.ed
for drunkenness He deposited bail the next
morning and failed to appear when
wanted to answer. Friday night Andra
was again mixed up with tho police and
when taken to the station was found in an
advanced stage of intoxication. A warrant
stood against him for arrest for the first
misdsmeanor and on this he was arraigned.
Taking all facts into consideration the
Judge felt impelled to administer a lesson
to Oscar and he was fined $40 or an equiv
alent number of days in Jail. George Madi.
son. plain drunk, got IS of five days, !
while the cases of Frank Delaney and
John Kelley, for imbibing too much, will
come up Monday.