Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-09-10
CRIME is DECREASING
The Annual Report of District Clerk
A. M. Bergere Makes a Good
Showing.
JUDGE M'FIE'S GOOD WORK
Only Small Number of Gases We're Ap-
pealed from This District to the Su-
preme Oourt-Oriminal Business
Is Growing Less.

A. M. Bergere, clerk of the first judi
cial district, comprising the counties OF
Santa Fe, Rio Arriba, Taos and San
Juan, recently completed his annual re,
port for the fiscal year ending June 80,
1900. Mr.. Bergere says: ut may be
noticed with a great deal of pride that
the criminal business of this district has
been decreasing considerably for the
past two years, and it may be more es'
pecially noticed in the county of Santa
Fe, wherein on the first day of July,
1898, seventy-two criminal cases were
pending, while on the first of July, 1899,
there were but twentyseven cases pend.
ing, and on the first day of July, 1900,
there were but twenty-five cases pend
ing. The same amount of proportionate
decrease may be also noticed in the other
three counties of this district.
SAT the same time, it may also be
noticed that an unusual amount of new
business on the criminal side of the
docket has been instituted within the
past fiscal year, but this is accounted for
by the numerous indictments for the
violation of the liquor and Sunday law.
There were 1913 of such cases, and after
those are subtracted, the real amount of
criminal business in this district has
diminished considerably.
''The small number of cases that have
been appealed to the supreme court of
the territory from this district show the
high integrity of this court"
The figures given by Mr.. Bergere are
interesting. Some of these are as fol-
lows: Civil cases in the United States
court pending June 80, 1899, a. cases
filed from July 1st, 1899, to June 30th1
1900, 1; cases pending June 30th, 1900, 81
Criminal cases in the United States
court; cases pending July /, 1899, s.:
cases filed from July l, 1899, to June 30,
1900, 5; cases disposed of by dismissal, q;
cases disposed of by trial, S; cases pend
ing June 30, 1900, 4.
Civil cases pending July /, 1899, in
district court: Santa Fe county 1877,
Taos county 80, Rio Arriba county 80,
San Juan county Is, total 232.
Cases filed July l, 1899, to June 80,
1900: Santa Fe county IS, Taos county
20. Rio Arriba county 2l, San Juan
county "a, total 1853.
Cases disposed OF by trial and dismis-
SAL Santa Fe county 112, Taos county
20, Rio Arriba county 25, San Juan
county %, total 1s9.
Cases pending June 30th, 1900, Santa
Fe county, 1870; Taos county, 80; Rio
Arriba county, 25; San Juan county, s7;
total 201.
Criminal cases pending July 1st, 1899,
Santa Fe county, 27; Taos county, 2l;
Rio Arriba county, 10; San Juan county,
IL; total 7s.
Cases filed from July 1st, 1899, to June
3Oth, 1900: Santa Fe county, 100; Taos
county, 3s; Rio Arriba county, As; San
Juan county, II; total 290.
Cases disposed of by trial and dismissal
Santa Fe county, including change of
venue, 100; Taos county, 25; Rio Arriba
county, 3s; San Juan county, 16; total
269.
Cases pending June 3Oth, 1900, Santa
Fe county, 30; Taos county, l3; Rio
Arriba county, 26; San Juan county, II;
total 80.