Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-09-08
IN THE SUPREME COURT.
Fitting Action Taken Touching the
Death of the Lamented j. Ii. H.
Hemingway-Death Warrants
lssued-Judge Laughlin
Will Return.

Before the adjourpmento of the supreme
court yesterday afternoon, Solicitor Gen
eral Victory called the attention of the
court to the death of Mr.. Hemingway, the
late United States attorney for New Mex
leo. He said: "Some months ago the
community was shocked at this sad intel
ligence of the death of the Hon, J. B. H.
Hemingway, United States attorney for
New Mexico, and member of the bar of
this court. He was ripe scholar, a pro-
found lawyer,a loving husband, kind
and indulgent father, and genial gentle
man. His high character and courtly ad-
dress; his kindness and consideration to
brother members of the bar who came in
contact with him professionally; his tire
less energy in the performance of every
official duty; his mpartiality and fairness
in presenting his cause to court or jury,
and his many other endearing qualities
Of head and heart are we'll remembered
by us all, and, assure you, will not be
soon forgotten. The poet has truly said:
You may break, you may shatter the vase,
if you will,
But the scent of the roses will linger there
STILL"
Sand 80, too, although his inanimate
form may now rest in the bosom of moth
err earth, the memory of his many exalted
virtues will ever awake in US pleasant rec
objections of the man and his noble
life. therefore move that committee
of the bar, consisting of Eve members, he
appointed by this court to prepare suit
able resolutions in perpetuation of his
memory, the committee to report at the
incoming of the adjourned session."
The court appointed as such committee
Messrs. Victory, Fiske, Freeman, Ohil6ers
and Sutherlin.
Geo. L. WHY'S this morning prepared
and forwarded to the sher,ffs of the prop
er counties certified copies of the judg-
ments of the territorial supreme court in
the cases of Perfecto Padilla and Rosario
Ring, of Rio Arriba county, Dionicio
Sandoval, of Bernalillo county, Antonio
Gonzales and Eugenio Aragon, of Chaves
county, sentenced to be hanged for muir
der on the oath day of September. These
certified copies conclude with the death
warrant of the court in these words: "And
this shall be your sufficient warrant for
executing the Judgment of the court"
| The warrants are addressed TO the
sheriffs of the counties in which the con-
demned men we're tried, convicted and
originally sentenced and the executions
will take place in those counties on the
day designated by the supreme court.
1t seems to be question whether the
law requires the governor to issue death
warrants in addition to those issued by
the court, but, if it is concluded after fur
ther examination that such warrants are
required, they will doubtless be forth
coming in ample time.
In view of the probability that the gu
preme court might be obliged to remain
in session for several days in this city
considering the technical points raised in
the Borrego case, Judge Laughlin went
to Silver City in order to open Judge
Bantz' court there on Monday. But, as
Judge Bantz will be in Silver City to-day
to preside over his own court, it is ex.
pected that Judge Laughlin will return
to Santa Fe tonight.
In order that there may be no misap.
prehension as to the facts the New Mex
CAN will again explain that pending a
final judgment of the territorial supreme
court, growing out of the proceedings to
correct the record so that it will truth.
fully show the fact of the formal ar.
raignment of the defendants in the dis.
trict court before their trial began, the
death sentences against Francisco Con.
zales y Borrego, Antonio Gonzales Dor.
rego, Lauriano Alarid and Patricio Val.
encia have been suspended. It is ex-
pected that the supreme court will take
definite and final action in the premises
at its adjourned session on September
"a, and, if the error is corrected and the
judgment below is affirmed, the supreme
court will fix new day for the execution
thereof.