El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-23
News Of
the Courts
Sabas Baca Hearing Goes Over

Sabas Baca Hearing Goes Over.
Sabas Baca, the alleged burglar and
worse. wanted by Mexico to answe,
the charge of robbing and torturing q
man ana outraging his wife. was placed
on trial in Commissioner Howe's court
thls morning at $50 O'Clock.
Inc eXtradition proceedings were
prosecuted for Mexico by Captain T.
j. beali, while district attorney Foster
was on hand to look out for the inter-
ests of his government Judge Wilcox
represented the defendant.
Inc prisoner was brought from the
county Jail at o'clock by U. S. Mar
snail Hillebrand. He is a man of mid
die age OF medium height. His appear
ance Is not prepossessing. A three
weeks growth of beard covered the
rover part OF his gaunt face. his hair
was disheveled and his whole person.
alty suggested uncleanliness. This
morning he was clad in well worn
coat and pair of dirt stained over
Tails.
The prisoner sat near one of the
windows and gazed fixedly out of It on
the throngs passing hither and thither
below.
Neither side being ready for trial
this morning the hearing went over
until Friday February 1. and the pris-
oner was taken back to Jail.
In the meantime he will send down
TO the Maria neighborhood for his pa
pers to show that he is a naturalized
citizen of the United States
| Before court adjourned today several
pending Chinese cases were set for
| trial February IL.
Police Cases.
rot
morning. Three Migrants were fined
~ each and another one was held pend
ing further investigation. Two men
charged with fighting were assessed 81
each Tor their sport and a drunken
man was held until such time as he
sohers up. His case is a sad one. His
wife is said to be dying of consump-
ton and he sought to drown his sor-
row in the wine cup only to find de-
gredation. The police deal ieniently
with such cases and merely locked the
man up to allow him time to sober I'D
and regain his reason and his lost will
power. The couple came here from a
distant state for the benefit of the
wife'S health
County Agreed to Help.
The committee from the city council |
which appeared before the county COM |
y
that the county share the expense of
maintaining the pest house, was sue |
cessful in its efforts
me commissioners agreed thai the
county should pay SIS5 per month for
this purpose and appointed commits
Sloner Courchesne as a pest house COM
mfttee of one to represent the county.
Mr.. Courchesne was authorized to in
crease the expense of running the pest
WI
Lawyers Fight Hard. {
Argument in the case of William
McNew VS.. the Santa Fe street railway
company was in full blast this morning
with the probability of the case reach
ing the jury befoer night
The amount of damages asked is in
the neighborhood of $4,000 and the
lawyers on both sides are making a
stubborn fight.
MessrS Dean and Bowden represent
the plaintiffs. while the railway has it's
regular attorneys for the defense
The McNew case went to the jury at
2: 80 O'Clock and it was not then ex- .
pected that it would be long until a .
verdict was reached. :
Grand Jury in Session. 1
The grand jury is in session again ,
oday and it is believed that some SEN :
'ationa1 disclosures made by carnival 4
'isitors will result in a couple of in
'ictments being found. I
Fined for Fighting i
Barella Apadaca, a woman. was fined
or engaging in a fight with another !
iOman about a yourg man.
Justice Spencer heard the case and =
onsidered it of such an aggravating
allure that he assessed the fine and
osts at SIT.
Assault and Battery.
A man named Burke was arrested
lst night by officer Barrett on the
1arge of assault and battery on two
zen. Burke, is said to be what is
nown as a pugnacious vagrant and A
st night after he had asked two men w
give him a quarter and they refused l..
: sailed into both of them and was OF
them rather severely when al
| officer interfered. w
ge
Six Indictments. SUI
The grand jury which was in session
sterday returned six indictments, as Al
lows: MI
Apalonio Hernandez. assault with in re
Mt to murder and robbery by assault cd
Garcia RameriZ. theft from the per-
n and assault to rob. uo
Maria Cisneros, assault with intent i'a
commit murder.
Jesus Rodriguez, theft from the per- na