Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-11-18
DISTRICT COURT DoINos.

Noises Baca, ap inmate Of the county
jail from Anton Chico, who wal being held
as a witness In court, went stark crazy, last
night.
I'D. w. Veeder goes over to Santa Fe,
tonight, In the interests Of bis client,
jose Chavez y Chavez, whose case will be
considered by the governor, tomorrow.
In the district court, this morning, Fran
cisco Ulibarri, charged with completely In
the murder of Patriotic Macs at the river
bridge, entered a plea Of guilty and he will
go to the pen for the remainder Of his
wretched life.
Luis A. @. de Baca, of Union county, has
filed a suit in the district court over there
against Francisco Ulibarri and Leonardo
Ulibarri, administrators Of the estate OF
Marcos Ulibarri, deceased, claiming at
torney's fees IL the sum OF $500.
The trial Of Epifanio J%aramillo, Desi-
derio Garcia and Patriotic Salazar for the
killing of Pablo Garcia on the 25th OF
September 1894. at a place called Rio del
Oso, across the mountains from Abiquiu,
is in progress at TERRA Amarillo.
In the divorce case of Lizzie Boardman
Clarke against Maurice G. Clarke, a decree
pro confesso has been entered and the
matter has been referred to Royal A.
Prentice, referee; the case of VIM. M.
Howe, against Poncianita l.. Howe, to W.
B. Bunker, referee.
THE OPTIC neglected to say, yesterday,
that George p. Money, assisting .. A.
Larrazolo. In the prosecution OF Scipio
Aguilar, is assisting under appointment OF
the court, T. A. Hendricks, who assisted
for the Territory at the. former tiial,
having left the Territory.
THE Optic states upon the authority OF
Chief Justice Thos. Smith that the Terri
torial supreme court will not convene In
Santa Fe on Monday, the 22nd inst, for
the reason that a full bench cannot be
present, all the judges at present being
actively engaged in their respective judi
cial districts.
Desiderio Sandoval, charged with having
killed his wife, Papilia Moya de Sandoval,
and her alleged paramour, Silverio Mar
tinez, at Coyote, April goth last, has been
acquitted in the Rio Arriba county court
of the murder of his wife. There is a
suspicion that the verdict worked a mis-
carriage of justice. Sandoval is held for
trial for the murder of Silverio Martinez.
THE AGUILAR TRIAL
The district court was in session until 10
O'Clock, last night, endeavoring to COM
plete the jury in the Aguilar murder case,
but adjourned with three more men yet to
get. The evidence in this case
is entirely circumstantial, but the
prosecution claim the chain is go complete
as to be undisputable, while the defense
will attempt to show that the circum-
stances are such that might surround any
man, and can be explained away. The
trial will probably last a week. This is
Aguilar's second trial. He was convicted
once and sentenced to hang and the Terri
torial supreme court, on appeal, reversed
the case and granted the defendant a new
trial.
The jury In the Aguilar case was com
pleted at the noon hour, to-day, and is
composed of Hipolito Palomeno, Pablo A.
Galiz, Jose de la Cruz Gutierrez, Antonio
| Cordova, Miguel Maestas, j. Matias Gale
gos, Andres Ruiz, Juan Esquibel, Andres
Sena y Martinez, Rafael Crespin, Juan
| Rapavidas and EtdeI n maduran