Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-10-23
COURT AT AZTEC.
San Juan County Gases That Have Been
Disposad OF.

Aztec, N. M, OCTOBER lo.-AS prom
Used, | will give you a slight intimation
Of What work the court has been doing
here since our arrival. Although this is
but the third day of the court, we have
accomplished quite a little, and I believe
that we will be through by next Mon
day, and certainly not later than next
Tuesday, and will start for Santa Fee
the same day.
The first day, Monday, October 16, the
jurfes We're empaneled, and while We
had to issue special venires for tales
men, yet we got all through with them
and completed the empaneling of both
juries.
On the second day the case of the Ter
ritory VS.. Carlos Chaves for assault
with attempt to murder was dismissed.
The Territory VS.. George Delusche,
for carrying arms, was dismissed on
motion of the district attorney.
The Territory VS.. George J. Wetter-
hoff, two cases for carrying deadly
weapons and for handling deadly weap-
ons, were dropped from the docket with
leave to reinstate.
The Territory VS.. Edward Schenck
was dropped from the docket, with
leave to reinstate.
The Territory VS.. Thomas B. Hart,
assault to kill. In this case the court
received petition from prominent men of
the county, requesting the court to nolle
pross. the case for the reason that Hart
had been sufficiently punished, and also
that it arose from the same cause for
which he received a penitentiary pun
ishment. The district attorney request
ed that it be dismissed, and accordingly
it was done.
Territory VS.. Ed M. Gibson, assault
to kill, was dismissed On account of the
death of the defendant.
Territory VS.. Robert Caviness, MUIR
der. This case was continued with alias,
the prisoner eve having been arrested.
Territory VS.. Benito Monies y Vigil,
| assault with attempt to kill. This case
was continued and a writ of scire facias
a. was ordered issued against the defend
/ ant and his bondsmen.
Regarding the balance of the criminal
cases, they haye been set for trial for
to-day and tomorrow.
Charles E. Herr VS.. William ct al;
cause dismissed at plaintiff 3 costs. This
was a case in assumpsit and had been
| settled.
Edmund H. Noel VS.. Arthur Coolidge,
/ suit over an ejectment; continued
| awaiting the decision in the supreme
court over a patent of the same land.
Cases of the Graden Mercantile Com
pany VS.. Animas River and Land and
Irrigation Company, and the case of
| Thomas Hart VS.. the Colorado and
| Northwestern Investment Company
were also continued until the mex term
of the court.
for trial this week.
The case entitled Nestor Martinez VS..
Franklin T. Amiot; motion heard to re-
open the Judgment and allow the de-
PENDANT to plead, and said motion was
allowed and the case reopened.
Several other motions We're heard and
disposed of.
The grand jury reported one indict-
ment: Territory of New Mexico VS.. John
w. Teter, for assault with attempt tc
kill, and the case was set down for tria1
for next Friday. This was all thai was
done yesterday.
To-day two motions were disposed of,
and the court is now trying a cas by
jury.
Four or five motions We're disposed OF
on the third day. The case of Reinhold
VS.. Hermann Blum was tried by a jury
and a verdict rendered for the plaintiff
for the sum of 1922.
The grand jury made a report and re-
turned an Indictment against Fred
Dean for assault with attempt to kill.
The court will dispose of nearly all
the business now on the docket, and
virtually there will not be any business
left when We get through. We have
plenty of money to run the court, hav-
ing ON hand about 81, 900, which will be
ample.
Times seem to be very good here, and
the people all say that they are prosper
GUS. Certainly there are a great num-
Der Of new buildings since last we were
here, and the town Is growing very rap
idly. The court expects to visit Farm
ington before we return, and 1t Is *
pected that we will go there next Sun
day for one day.