Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-14
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Guadalupe County is Experiencing
the Sensation Of a Real Live
Term ofDistrict Court-A

1897 On the 7th OF June the temple
of Justice in Puerto dc Luna, the coun-
ty seat OF Guadalupe county, was
opened for the first time since che
creation Of the county, and the ma
|chinery OF justice according to law,
pet Inmotion.
For months past the people OF the
new county had been all agog with ex'
pectation and longing; they had a JAN
and they wanted the means OF putting
into IL their criminals. They wanted
it badly. While the county OF Guada-
lupe has since its inception, been re-
markably free from violence and MUIR
der, thieving throve apace and the
thieves calculating that the evil day
OF the coming of the district copr wa
far Tar away made four-sooted proPers'
ty very hard to retain, four. footed
animals were the mainstay OF Guada-
lupe and still are, though the bad
times in the sheep and cattle business,
Fand the d~epredations OF thieves bave
sadly. diminished the number of sheep
and almost kcleared the ranges OF
4 cattle. ~S~-s&s $50 tc. 1SSt3rs
One of the signs OF the interest felt
in the great event by the native people
was a notice in Spanish IN the coarL
house door, requesting all ~persopsto.
cooperate with the county officials IN
keeping the court house in good cfder
in anticipation Of the arrival of "Los
Extfanieros.i' Every nah in the
county seemed to feel a special pride
in the coming off of the great event,
which was to put the finishing touch to
the constitution of the county.
Large crowds of people focked 10
Puerto de Luna on and ihst before the
first day of the term, hutas sopn,as tue
first panel was exhausted mo It OF those
summoned as jurors being excused Tor
disaualiica.ion, the sheepmen visitors
stepped out as quickly and nimbly pos
able, lest a. special yenire. SUMMONS
! should keep them away from taeir
~ shearing in this the -wooliest- sum ner
they have known for many a year.
Under Chief Justice Smi his super
vision the strictest neatLess aodsofdel
soon reigned throughout the court
s house at The tyro term; bus the supply
Of furniture and appointments being
, rather stumpy the ''loyeliest bsr IL
Lonpass sirafgEtway outqcf an actualily
} of three, pictured u train Of 500 wagpns
furniture laden, numbering alorg "a Ia
I casa de corte."
: Thetyro grand jary speedily or
!. ganized and commenced hndirg tIu'
Bills, and the tyro interpreter and ih'
4 stenographer, with the two tyro a'tor
n news, the ex-chief justice AND hA
present successor with the tkro sherit
and the tyro jury got quickly TO WICK
q but ip no tyro fashion. II.
The first work was to clear tbs dock
ct Of the crowd of criminal appeals TO
: ~iustics courts, which had been tiie'
= s,mply for delay ; and the bondsmen .
= the appellants will now have something
on their hands 10 the way Of payinI
Ecosts, a.. 80
q The first criminal trial taken up wa
= that of Jose Tapia. Jose Lucero an
7 telipe Diaz, charged with the larccn.
of cattle belonging to Crestino Roms
q 70. The court assigned II. E.NVeede
70 defend the accused. The trial be
gan Wednesday afternoon, and at-er
re vigorous prosecution and an able Dc
A fensc by the counsel for the Territer
st and the prisoners respectively 70
1t case went TO the jury Friday Afternoon
We "A Ronero comes from near Puerto
lrjdune. acdis a well known man, COT
Ie siderable interest was manifested In u
le case.
Apolonio Ayala anything but :
Id Apollo IN reality and q dark brown /
vi dian In race, when arraigned for hayir
al shot up the Fort Simmer safoon on y
Of 1st Of July 1894, freely said he wv
We drunk and did not know what be "
,ir | doing.n but would MOI technical
ral plead guilty. J,
rR. McDonagh was assigned for U
defense, and On bis representation al
proof that defendant was q man
rood character, was in the habit,
mail carrier, of carrying erms' a.
~ slough usually a sober and steady ma
D Ebroke the law only under the iaflueh
:. IA ..Bacchus,s' and had been AREA
- punished by . heavy druoDlng iro
the s~aloor-keeper and come DAYS
iail. the inability to PIT up q ~
Ayala got off with q fine Of $50 70
the psid in three months or three mort !
st.. n iail full fine, in case OF failure,
Inn nav. The court regretted tnat !
at othersswho had shot up the town
at the same occasion hal maze ihe
nee selves so scarce that indictments q
mes punishment could not reach them g
gave Ayaia o severe lecture on the 10
land dareer OF carrying deadly weape
"a where the necessities Of his busih
re-. did not require. !.
Eulalio Madrid indicted sfor ny
q stealing. pleaded guilty. The court
- served sentence. Weather is very
~ here. ii was j0Gs-ih the shade on~A'
nesday and 96o on Tuesday. iiot
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