Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-10-31

of taking F. r. Bellinger, on his repu.
lar monthly report to the county com
missioners, but instead he filed a
statement together with the bill pre-.
sented, so that the two would not AT
tract the attention of the county com.
missioners. as 1t would have done If
they had both appeared in the regular
report. as is customary and required
Again, on the 7th of September
1900. Mr.. Mccartney transported j.
W Carroll and James Doyle tc ne
pcni'cntiarr at the same time. aud
in this case as well he charged gCc
Pc nile fe transporting eael p-ls
oner. making further Illegal charge
OF $500 in this case.
Again. cIt the 10th day Of pecem-
ber. he transported Louis Apodoca
and Perfecto Medina to the peniten-
tiary, and made the same Illegal
charge for the same purpose, amount
ing to $75.00
sun again, on the third day of June.
1901, he took Henry Phillips and VIII
liam Morgan to the penitentiary and
made the same illegal charge for the
same. amounting to $500. so that in
the four above cases alone Mr. Me
Cartney robbed the county of $35S.
TO.
White space will prevent us men
lioning all the little overcharees
which appear upon the records, we
wish 20 call attention to other charges
in one OF the above cases, which man
f.f oh, nj, L..
ed in ali other cases during his tern
of Office.
In the mater of the People of the
STATE of Colorado VS. Louis Apodoca
at al, the following charges appeal
in the reports of Mr.. Mccartney. TO.
wit:
November 12, 1900
The People of the State OF Colorado.
VS..
Hosea Louis Apodoco. Perfecto Medi-
na, and Francisco Garcia
Mileage observation-disclosures. 4 80
Transporting prisoners rs...... $50
Committing to jail. ......,...... i.50
Discharge from trial. ......... 1.60
Travelling expenses. es...,......,.. 80
Attendant ...........,...... 600
Bear in mind while these prisoners
were committed to Jail on the 1lth
day oil November. they were not dis
charged from the same, but remained
there until the 10th day OF December,
Apodoco and Medina were taken to
Canon City. as above set forth. so that
in the above there is an Illegal charge
.af Lon pat In, rt,,.r . 4
from jail. as well as all the following
similar charges for the same:
November eth, same day.
The People of the State OF Colorado.
vs..
lose Louis Apodoco, Perfecto Medi-
ma, and Francisco Garcia.
Capias ....,....,......... 1916
Mileage ...........,....... 10
Transporting prisoner. r...... 20
Discharge from jail. 1.50
Committing to jail. 1.5O
copies Information. on......... 300
The People
VS..
Francisco Garcia.
November 9th. same day.
Capias .......,,........-. LIB
Mileage .................. 10
Transporting prisoners ..... 20
Committing to Jail .......... so
Copy of Information. n.......... 100
November eth. same day.
The People
vs..
Perfecto Medina
Capias ..........,,',..,... $i.5o
Mileage .............., 10
Transporting prisoner. ....... 20
Discharged from jail ....... 30
Committing to jail ail............ 30
Copy of information. on........ ] 90
November eth. same day
The People
We.
Jose Louis Apodoca.
Mileage ................... 10
Transporting prisoner. ..... 20
Discharged from Jail. so
Committed to jail ,........... so
Copy OF information ....... l 90
November 9th. same day.
The People
vs.
Jose Louis Apodoco. Perfecto Medi.
ma, and Francisco Garcia.
Capias .........,....... So? :
MliaSe -s..'......... ............ ~
Transporting prisoners. ....... 20
Discharging from jail. il.......... i.5l
Committing to Jail il............. i.5U
! Copy OF information. 800
IN regard TO the above cases there
is no law allowing any fee for the
sheriff for simply handing him IA cop.
OF the information. In fact the matter
has been passed upon repeatedly by
| our own district court ant
| county court to the contrary
80 that the Illegal fees in this regart
| In the above case amounts
TO $500. as the prisoner,