Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1899-12-23
NIMErssN sENrEMcED.
San Miguel County VIII Contribute
Quite Number Of Law Breaking
Citizens to Santa Fe's Popu.
IatIon.

- - 81 y y s'
The district court was the center
Of much interest this forenoon. be-
cause of it being the day Of sentences
upon the nineteen defendants who.
not having the love of God and the
fear Of the law in their hearts. viii
now be withdrawn from circulation to
the shades of private life" The aud
icnce. not allowed within the bar.
crowded up to the railing and stood
there, full of the human curiosity
wherein lies the retained evidence of
The animal character. Perhaps were
there some humble mother or wife
whose wayward son or husband had
left them nothing but bitter tears and
the poignancy of regret to meet the
holidays; one old father hung around
with sense of his useless despair.
When we look at it soberly, Git is
F, Gods truth that crime is frequently
the subject of levity when being in
vestigated in the courts. and @the.
loud laugh that bespeaks the vacant
mind is often heard) this forcibly di-
vorcing one from home, friends, as
sociation, life, liberty, may be (and
is, under our system), necessary, but
1t looks hard, cruel, savage A man
lives within adobe walls with wife
and baby; it is cold, and the worlds
heart has become refrigerator to
him; he sees wife and child hunger.
and suffer; he takes nondescript
cali, when 10! he finds all-courts, Of
ficers,- misunderstanding him. But
we are humankind of soulcanni-
bals-so why philosophize? We have
a stone pen for unfortunates, so crush
EN- in; man has no business to be-
poor and want things-he must not
be born without talent or wealth-it
lis indiscreet and the consequences
are damnable at times.
Jose S. Gallegos worshiped and
coveted his neighbors calf: he will be
absent in Santa Fe visiting Mr.. H.
o. Bursum for one year.
Tomas Armijo drew knife, but uns
fortunately he looked cross-eyed at
another while doing SO; for this rea-
son we must bid him goodbye for
year.
Nrao;eor rr,,,;iilo x,,i,, ruae eo,,nd
carrying pistol on two different oc-
casions, and admitted the fact, will
have to do some considerable borrow
ling within the next ten days to amass
the significant sum of $50 and costs.
Pedro Ortiz received the same con
sideration from the court for the same.
offense and given a 'warmin."
| Evaristo Martinez made the grave
mistake of cutting man at the upper
! town, with knife, and when he
!, told the court he was guilty his honor
took enough interest in the matter to
bid him bon voyage for two years
TO Santa Fe. 4r
John Duffy told Prof. McNary- one
night near Mr.. Reynolds (place is
however irrevelant.) at the point of
pistol to feel his muscle The
court gave him one year in which to
give Mr.. Bursum the same privilege.
Simon Lucero was exceedingly af--
fectionate with a certain lady, whom
he embraced with SO much vigor that
he was indicted for assault and bat
tery--the technical name for the
aforesaid embrace. However he was
given 100 days in Jail in which to re.
pent on his indiscretion.
Frank Smith received a gift by
suspended sentence. for drawing
deadly weapon. He received, how
ever, one year in the pen for larceny.
The is months in the pen which the
court awarded Felipe Perea are just
like any other IS months4ons the
calendar.
Sometimes it. is justiiable to steal
from a relative but in the case Of
Roman Barella and Romaldo Barela,
who stole from their uncle a certain
horse worth about SIS, this rule was
not approved by the court, who
thought that one year in the pen was
about enough to pacify an outraged
public-and uncle
| Miguel Archuleta, who shot and
! killed b. Lopez because the latter
abused him, and then buried his body
in the sand, received the severe SEN
tence OF twenty years in the pen. The
lad is shepherd boy IS years old.
It may have been case of Nick and
Squeers. Antonio Madrid, who was
not party to the murder. but helped
bury the. body, was given five years.
Porfirio Trujillo. who has enjoyed a
very unsavory record, was given Is
months in the pen for shooting off a
, weapon in upper Las Vegas. The Judge
said he knew" him. Capt Fort made
,, an appeal, and the judge was much af-
tected by IT., to the above extent.
Frank Hampson. who ran amuck in
bar room, was left to the mercy OF
H. o. B. for one year
The jury in the ManueIa Olquin
:. case this morning brought in yer
dict of murder in the second degree
The verdict was a surprise to all who
heard the evidence. Defendant was
aIlowed tilt December 2sth to file mo
. tlon for new trial.
Kilburg Assignee VS.. Titlow, dis
! missed Civil appeal from justic,