Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-16
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PUERTO Die LUNA, n. Al June 14th,
1897 -Oa Saturday the court was
busted with an appeal by a mayordomo
named Manuel Gonzales y Armijo. who
was tried by a justice of The. pence.
found guilty, and ined for bavlng a,
the instance of the owners Of the
Hormigoso ditch, shut off the water
from Nicolas 0rtega y Baca, for the
reason that the latter had not paid his
50 proportion OF the assessment In
respect of the litigation as to the Bado
de Juan Pals ditch Ortegay Baca
had always done his assessment work
upon the ditch and the court held that
then is was outside abe power OF the
mayoldomo or the other owners Of the
d.tcn to deprive him of the use of the
water, merely because he had not con-
tributed his proportion OF an assess
ment for the purposes of litigation, and
considered that the mayordomo should
pay the damages done TO Ortega, ne
himself to be reimbursed by those who
formed the meeting which gave him
the illegal Instructions. On The ques
tion Of damages all b lawyers and
cour officials were straighlway busy
with uuaccustomed calculations as To
aimudes de frijole, (pecks of beans)
their proportion TO each other and their
market value. While the mayordomo
said that $40 would be more than
enough Ortega y Baca would have over
500 for the loss or his ~frijole. Eventu-
ally Ortega expressed himself willing
to abide by the compromise he had
Offered previously to make, aud the
mayordomo got off on terms of paying
the COSTS and the expenses OF Ortega,
the order Of The court being that thuSe
who composed the meeting should re-
imburse the mayordomo.
An application was made and 40
order granted on Saturday, the 18th.
declaring j Use Azancott a MT person to
become an inmate of the Territorial
INSANE asylum, ~and on Monday u
Commisslon dc Lunatico Inqulrlendo
was Issued in the matter.
Messrs. Veeder and Veeder entered
appearance in chancery case No. 26,
OF James M. Abercrompie against tue
estate OF Teresa Luna de Rsel. Jose
Rael y Luna surviving heir.
Two indictments were found against
Roman Sandoval for assault with in-
lent to rape. Mr.. Lukens was assign
ed to defend. Indictments were also
found against Daniel Chaves and Mel
Yuiades Chapman for assaults, being
armed wrh q deadly weapon.
Monday JUNE 14TH.
Two indictments were found which
charged hat Janis Abercrombie and
james Clay, on the 9th day OF April,
1897, did commit a battery assault on
f ,tefana Macs de Gamboa and Dorotea
Rael, also OF Anton Chico.
James Abercrombie and John A.
Abercrombie, Of Anton Chico, each
severally indicted for having sold liquor
to minors, but on pleading guilty and
showing that the parents of the minors
in question had been ia the habit of
sending them for liquor to the Aber-
crombie saloon, received a severe lec-
ture from the court, as to their duty to
show a good example to others in a
prominent position, and a fiue of $25
and costs in each case Two other IN.
dictments for the same offense against
some defendants were then dismissed
Quite a number of people from An
ton Chico interested in the prosecution
or defense Of the case brought by and
against the Abercrombie's, are in Puer-
TO de Luna; and just now, Anton Chi
co would seem rather Toe lively a place
for a man of retiring disposition and
fond of peace.
Jose Enrique Aguiiar pleaded guilty
to the indictments found against him
for furnishing a pistol within and
shooting up Anton Chico. and resist
ing the officer who sought to arrest
him. Witnesses were examined as to
the facts, and in sentencing him
Chief Justice Smith commented severe.
ly aud caustlcally upon the absolute
"lndecency and unmanliness'' OF go
ing to o dance armed with a deadly
weapon, and stigmstized such action
as ungen,eel and improper. The
court said further "This community
must be protected against suct
reckless doings. The people of AntC'
ChIcn must mud rstand that the law ii
its majesty will punish those who com
INIT wrong and violate the law at th'
risk Of other peoples lives. The cour
will, therefore. impose upon you q sen
tence of both fne and Imprisonment
b fine for carrying the gun will b
$50; the Gne for Aourishing the GU
will b. $50; the ine for resisting TIA
!Affi ser Will he $25; the period OF i'm
prisonment will be thirty DAYS. Tn
coErt wants to TO the publ
that. il at the second term Of e0uI
such offences are brought before it
doubtless there will be severity instea
OF leniency exseaded to the offenders
1t is entirely In the power OF the cour
TO sentence you to the peniteDtiary 70
the period OF three years. The ser
tence of the court is of the above char
acter because there has been no en-
forcemeDt of the law in this count
since its Inauguration, and the eouI
m It's appreciation Of the fact that ih
people have acquired the habit of dis
regarding the law beeanse OF its nor
enforcement, will start with moders
fion In the penalties applied" At th
request of the prisoner and his show
Jog that his father was excused fror
Jury service on account of old age an
had NJ one hnf fha nrlaoner to loo