Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-09-30
DISTRICT COURT.
Prisoners Sentenced by
the Court.
The MaSher, Geo. n. Clark,
Goes to Penitentiary.
Santa Fe Grants "Stop-0yers" to
Those Wishing to Attend Fair.
INTERESTING FAIR NOTES.

At the session of the district court
this morning number of prisoners
were arraigned and upon reading tn,
indictments found against them they
entered their pleas.
Harvey Halliday, a cook who was &C
cused OF larceny in a dwelling house
was sent to the county Jail for
six months and George Wilson and
otto Williams two colored boys. plead
guilty to similar charge and each
were sentenced to six months in the
county bastile.
In the case OF the territory VS.. Ray
mond b. Glendon. alias Robert Il.
Shiel, entered a plea of not guilty TO
three indictments charging him with
| obtaining money under false pre-.
lenses and was sent to the peniten.
tiary for one year on each count. the
sentences to run concurrently. Glen
den Is the man who was around town
few weeks ago representing himself
as master of several different trades
and before leaving his newly.found ac-
quaintances would secure money for
| the alleged purpose of releasing his
baggage from the express company.
Pauline Gallegos plead guilty to the
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one Pedro Jaramillo and was scnten.
ced to the county Jail for six months.
In answer to the Indictment for
breaking seal and entering car
John Wilson plead guilty and the
court gave him n sentence of one year
in the penitentiary.
George NJ. Clark. formerly employed
by the Singer Manufacturing com.
in thig ,ftks al. -
guilty to embeZzlement of funds be-
longing to the company on three diff
ferent charges. The prisoner was
given sentence of one year and six
months on each count In the peni-
tentiary, sentences to run concurrent.
ly. Clark also posed as "masher"
while employed in the city and made
many bad breaks for which he was
roughly handled by friends of his vic
tins. He will have eighteen months
in which to reflect over the error of
his wavs.
In the case OF J. }. Ector VS.. Pearl
Ector, the court granted the plaintiff
an absolute divorce. Ector alleges
that he was married on the first of
February, 1901; that the marriage
was performed under duress and that
he refused to live with his wife. He
further alleges that Mrs. Ector was
guilty of numerous acts OF adultery.
and that was the reason for his peti.
tion for divorce.
The case against James Lillian. col
ored, for assault upon the person of
Harriet Beck. will be heard on
Wednesday, and the cases against
David Chaves. Reymundo Lucero and
Vincente Martin. charged with assault
on Melton Garcia, will come up for
trial next Friday.
AS the territorial supreme court
convenes in Santa Fe tomorrow. the
session OF the district court will ad
journ tonight until Wednesday.
Robert l.. Sumner. former night
chief clerk at the local station, who
was arrested and convicted for tam.
pering with the United States malls,
was taken to the penitentiary at San
Ia Fe this morning by Deputy
United States Marshals Hall and
Leatherman. Sumner was found guilty
ON two indictments and was sentenced
to two years on each count in the pen
itentiary.