Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-04-24
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II Il the duty or a good Judge 10 remove
the Cause OF litigation.
The next ease reached on tie docket will
BIO that against Macario Gutierrez for an
assault ON Manuel Gonzales. out at Olguir
bill.
In the absence Of Judge smith at Ration
to-day, Attorney J. ID. w. Veeder has oc'
cupied the bench In the district court, with
dignity and ispatch.
The U. s. grand jury, recently dis
charged, failed to find an Indictment
against A. segura, accused Of intimidat.
ing witnesses at court.
The Staab- Gusdorf case, from Santa Fe,
litigation between uncle and nephew, has
been compromised by the parties them
selves, hy and with the consent Of coun-
sci, judge and jury.
In the case OF the United States against
i Foionia de Rangel, the former sentence OF
thirty days in the county jail has been
modified to that Of the payment Of $8l.74
and costs--in all, S41.4O,and upon doing SO,
sue De Iel6heou LTOm CustOuy.
Ascension Arguello has been on trial in
the district court, to-day, for a rape COM
mltted on the person OF Valentino NUNS
at Los Torres, October 18th, 1892. The
court appointed W. B. Bunker to defend
the accused, and he has been hammering
away on the case all day.
Judge Louis Sulzbacher has filed q suit
In the Mora county court against VIM.
Naeglin, administrator, Henry, Annie,
Charles, Frank and Edward Korte, heirs
at law OF the estate of the late Henry
Korte, over there, for $1,000, and asking
that certain described property be sub
jected to the payment OF the debt.
The case of John Brennan against the
Atlantic & Pacific and Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe railways, to recover damages for
the loss of a foot, wal submitted to the jury
In the district court, at Albuquerque, yes
terday noon. They returned a verdict
awarding damages in the sum of $1,000
against the Atlantic Il Pacific and reliev-
ing the Atchison on the ground that it was
not shown that the Atchison company had
any knowledge Of the fact that persons
were in the habit OF crossing where the
cars were switched.
Some days ago, e. l.. Foster, receiver Of
the First national bank, at Deming, filed a
bill Of complaint in the district clerks Of
fee against Moses K. Dane and wife, of
Colfax county, Francis M. Dimmick and
wife, of Los Angeles, CAL, Henry Chase
and wife, of Lyndon, Vermont, VIM. 3.
Emo, Of Pine Plains, N. Y, Israel King, Of
Deming, assignee of G. H. Dane and wife,
the San Miguel national hank, of East Las
Vegas the Scottish mortgage anu iand
investment company, parties defendant,
claiming, that on November 25th, 1895, the
said receiver obtained a judgment in the
district court of Grant county for the sum Of
$23 ,217.6 Is against the vermejo company,
a corporation organized under the laws of
New Mexico for farming and cattle-rais-
ing and that said judgment remains un-
satisfied, though NJ. E. Dane and wife are
still Interested in several tracts Of land,
among others, the Horse Shoe ranch in
Colfax county. 1t is asked that such
property be declared to be held in trust for
the Vermejo company n be applied to
the satisfaction OF the judgment hereto
fore granted E. l.. Foster against the YER
mejo company.