The Socorro chieftain. [volume] (Socorro, N.M.) 1902-1959, 1902-05-24
COURT PROCEEDINGS.
Business Transacted at the Temple or
Justice This Week. Hard Work
for Court officials.
U. s. COURT.

U. s. COURT.
Court convened Monday MORN
ing at 10 o'clock, Hon,
Dan'l H. Mcmillan presiding.
There were in attendance f.. L.
Medler, assistant u. S. attorney;
| F. ID. Mexican and G.. O. Kass-
man, deputy u. S. marshals; and
Jno r. Griffith, clerk and register
in chancery. The following ap-
pointments were made: H. h.
Harris, court crier; Vicente Pine
and Jose Pino Y Gallegos, court
bailiffs; Nestor p. Eaton, court
interpreter; Candelario Sedillo,
grand jury interpreter; Maxine
Baca, grand jury bailiff; J. f.
Smith and ]. +. Chavez, special
jury commissioners for the term.
The grand jury was completed
as follows: James Neighbors,
foreman, Ernest Broadhurst, Co
sino Sedillo, George Sena, John
A. Brown, Marcario Chavez, Jose
Leon Baca, c. c. Harburt, M. ].
Murray, h. L. Mcdonald, Domin-
go Baca, F. Fisher, w. II. Sam
ders, Charles Gatlin, Anastacio
Torres, Alexandra h. Cordova,
Miguel Peralta, h. G.. Burns,
Salom6n G. Baca, Cresencio
Torres, Alfonzo Peralta.
The petit jury was completed
as follows: Fred Roth, Tomas
Prieto, Jas. A. Cooper, ]. A.
Pierce, Peter Coon, Jas. w.
Green, M. S. Pine, Salvador Con
zales, Leopoldo Contreras, Frank
Smith, Pedro II. Vigil, Felix
Griego, Andres Garcia, Ignacio
Marquee, Clemente Chavez, Rob't
Collins, Rafael Giron, J. +. John
son, Donaciano Torres, Eiseo
Chavez, Cashmere Montoya, Jose
Mendoza, Teofilo Giron, Benz.
Sanchez.
United States VS.. Clarence w.
Ford, stealing letter; plea of
guilty and sentence of one year
and one day in the territorial
Penitentiary and payment of costs.
United States VS.. Demetrio Pc
rea, embezzlement; new bond in
the sum of 81, 900 required.
United States VS.. Rosura AL
dereta de Gallegos, adultery;
verdict of not guilty.
United States VS.. Estevau B.
Yssassi ct al, adultery; nolled.
The grand jury Sound true bills
against c. z. Harrison for un-
lawfully cutting timber, Higinio
Toledo and Francisco Ortega for
adultery,
United States court adjourned
sine die on Thursday.
TERRITORIAL COURT.
The regular May term of the
territorial court for Socorro coun-
ty convened at the court house
Monday morning, May -, Hon.
Dan'l H. Mcmillan presiding.
There were in attendance Geo.
w. Prichard, district attorney;
John E. Griffith, clerk; c. +.
Blackington, sheriff; Earl e.
Sidebottom, stenographer; Nestor
p. Eaton, interpreter.
The Edward p. Allis Company
VS.. Timber Peak Mining Com
pany; dismissed by the court,
each party to pay its own costs.
Mammie Rice VS.. VIM. Il. Rice,
divorce; decree granted.
The territorial grand jury was
composed as follows: William
Armstrong, foreman, C. b. AL
laire, David Tafolla, S. Michaelis,
S. A. Clark, Antonio Peralta,
Walter Cook, Jose y Aragon,
Elifas Aragon, O. NJ. Sackariason
A. b. Baca, Eduardo Chavez,
Juan Garcia, Lorenzo NJ. Vigil, !
Rito Baca, Martin Gallegos, ].
II. Vigil.
Samuel Meek was appointed !
grand jury interpreter and Andres !
Vigil grand jury bailiff.
A true bill was found by the
grand jury against Joseph Wig
gins for murder.
The cases of Territory VS.. Anna
Freeman, larceny, and Territory |
VS.. Anastacio Perez, assault on |
wife, were dismissed. !
True bills were found by the |
grand jury against Antonio Vim
cent for larceny also for burglary, |
and against w. b. Adams for as /
sault with intent to murder.
A. B. Baca was discharged from
further service as grand juror and
J. H. Johnson was sworn in to
fill the vacancy.
The grand jury found true
bill in the case of Territory VS..
Rosalio Jaramillo, assault with
intent to kill.
The case against Andres Gar