Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-09-12
THE DOCKET CALLED
A Number of Criminal and Civil
Gases Disposed Of Or Set
for Trial.
ALL TAX CASES DISMISSED
Several Ancient Gases Stricken from the
Docket-Ten Murder Cases We're Set
for This Term Of the District
Court.


The district court met this forenoon
with Judge McFie on the bench. There
was a large attendance of the bar. The
criminal and civil dockets We're called
and a number of cases set for trial, the
majority of cases, however, being
passed for some reason or other. Many
of the cases on the docket have been
for years, and Judge McFie is trying
earnestly to get them disposed of. On
the criminal docket are twenty-eight
cases, ten of which are for murder, two
for assault with intent to murder, four
for larceny, one for burglary, two for
perjury and the others for minor Of
lenses.
Demetrio Baca, of Glorieta, was
brought before Judge McFie yesterday
afternoon on a charge Of assault with
intent to commit rape. Baca pleaded
not guilty, and his trial was set for
September 20.
Case No. 1920, appeal, Henry c. Mon
toya, defendant, was dismissed, the
case having been on the docket since
1892, and the appeal being only from a
decision by a justice of the peace.
Case No. 1874 is the Territory VS.. Juan
Gonzales and Ambrosio Madrid for
murder. Madrid is dead, and Gonzales
has disappeared. The bond for Con
zales was ordered forfeited unless it
can be shown that Gonzales also is
dead, as the bondsmen claim.
In case 27S9, Territory VS.. Felipe Cres-
pin and Pillar Trujillo, for larceny, the
bond was declared forfeited, and trial
set for September q.
Case No. 1886, Territory VS.. Louis
Gonzales, for flourishing a deadly weap-
on, was dismissed, as Gonzales is serv-
ing a term in the penitentiary for a sim
liar and contemporaneous crime.
In case No. 1852, Territory VS.. Alejan-
dro Perea and Santiago Urban, for lar
ceny, the bond was declared forfeited
and judgment entered against the sure
ties, as the defendants failed to make
an appearance.
Case 1858, Territory VS.. Pantaleon Ma
drid, for fence cutting, was set for trial
September 81.
Case 2944, Territory VS.. Jose Davis, for
d~ischarging a pistol, was set for Sep
TENDER 20.
Case 1861, Territory VS.. Ignacio Gar
cha, for murder, was passed for the
present.
Cases No. 297O and 3O1S, Territory VS..
Henry Lockhart for perjury, were
passed for the present, as the defendant
has not been arrested.
In case No. 1916, Territory vs.. Manuel
d. Gonzales and Fidel Gonzales for
murder, as well as cases 2977 and 297S,
indicting. each one of the defendants
separately for murder, District Attor-
ney r. c. Gortner stated he was dis
qualified from prosecuting the case, and
asked that District Attorney Finical, Of
Albuquerque, be asked to prosecute the
case. The court ordered Mr.. Finical to
be notified.
Case No. 2991, City of Santa Fe VS..
N. Salmon, appeal, passed.
Case No. 1892, City of Santa Fe VS..
Lola Benor de Becker, appeal; passed.
Case No. 5000, Territory VS.. Mateo
Kungal, larceny, was continued because
Kungal, who was accused of stealing
tools from the capitol, had disappeared.
Cases No. 3001, 1902 and 3014, Territory
VS.. Ezequiel Cano, for murder, burg
larry and larceny, were continued be-
cause the defendants whereabouts are
unknown. He managed to escape twice
from the county Jail.
Case No. 3010, Territory VS.. Nasario
Alarid, for murder, was passed to Sc
cure a special prosecutor, as District
Attorney Gortner had been retained for
the defense before he had been appoint
ed attorney. Upon the advise of Judge
McFie he will, however, mot act for the
defendant, but is also disbarred from
acting as the prosecuting attorney.
In case No. BOIL, Territory VS.. Girls
tine Trujillo, for murder, the bond was
declared forfeited and the trial set for
September rs.
Case No. 3O15, Territory VS.. Mauricio
Gonzales, for insulting while armed,
was set for September %.
No. 3O16, Territory VS.. Marcos Castil-
10, for assault with intent to murder,
was set for trial September 90.
No. 3017, Territory VS.. William P.
Cunningham, insulting while armed,
was continued because no arrest has
been made.
No. 3019, Territory VS.. Thomas Do
mingues, for murder, was passed for the
present.
No. 1920, Territory VS.. Librado Valen-
cha, for murder, was set for trial for
20.
No. 1921, Territory VS.. Thomas Tuck
er, insulting while armed, was contin-
ued because no arrest has been made.
No. 2997, Territory vs.. Jose Dolores
Romero, for assault with intent to MUIR
der, was dismissed because the defend |
ant is serving a term in the penitenti- /
airy for a similar and contemporaneous |