Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-01-29
SUPRE COURT.
Murderer Hall viii Serve His SEN
tence--A Judgment Modified
ZIG BUSINESS DISPOSED OF.

In the territorial supreme court Mon.
day, in cases Nos. SSS and 905, Rosalia
Armijo ct al, appellants. VS.. the Noun
tain Electric company. appellee, and
the Mountain Electric company. plain.
tiff and cross-appellant, VS.. George II.
Miles ct al, defendants and cross-ap-
p~ellees. from Bernalillo county. the
judgment heretofore entered by the
court was modified and the amount of
Judgment placed at ~$3,120.01, of which
$2,35S.61 is to bear interest at 6 per
cent. from January 10, 1902, on.
In case No. $40, Territory of New
Mexico VS.. William Hall a motion to
dismiss the appeal was granted, the APP
peal dismissed and the judgment of the
lower court affirmed. Hall is sentenced
for life for murder. The case was first
tried in Chaves county and then re-
tried in Lincoln county.
In case No. 81. the Territory of New
Mexico VS.. Miguel Munoz. from CHAVEZ
county. the motion to dismiss the an
peal was granted, the appeal dismissed
n the judgment of the lower court
affirmed. Munoz had been sentenced
70 fifteen years in the penitentiary for
murder.
In case No. 967, the Territory of New
Mexico VS.. Madison Coppenbarger.
alias Matthias Coppenbarger, from I'm
ION county. a motion to dismiss the
appeal was granted. the appeal dis
missed and the judgment of the lower
court affirmed. Copenhagen had
been sentenced to fifteen years in the
p~enitentiary from Union county. =
In case No. sec, the .erritory of New
Mexico VS.. Jose Manuel Gonzales. from
Guadalupe county, a motion TO dismiss
the appeal was overruled. The case
was set for January 81.
In case No. 920, Territory of New
Mexico, appellee, VS.. c.. C. Perry ct al,
appellants. from Chaves county, a mo-
ton to dismiss the appeal was granted.
Perry and his bondsmen had been sued
to recover a judgment of $1,000 against
Perry. eX-sheriff and e~x-collector Of
Chaves county. The lower court gave
judgment for the territory.
Case No. 942. Auilano Leyba, appel
liant, VS.. Manuel Armijo, justice, etc.
appellee, from Bernalillo county, was
argued and submitted.
In case No. 922, the Southwestern
Copper company, appellee, VS.. Robert
p. Thompson ct al, appellants, from
Grant county, a motion to dismiss on
the ground Of failure to file an assign
r;ent of errors, wa granted, the ap-
peal dismissed and the judgment of
the lower court affirmed. Thompson
and his partner. who had been hired
to do the assessment work on proper
ties of the Southwestern Copper com
pany, failed to do the work for the
company and then jumped the claims.
The lower court had decided in favor
of the company and the supreme court
afirms this decision.
In case No. 974, Edward w. Dobson
VS.. Nose e. Dane ct al, the appeal was
dismissed. The cause was remanded
to the lower court for further proceed
ings. The appeal was from Colfax
county.
Case No. 934, Territory ex rel. L. ).
Mclean G Co, appellants, VS.. the Den
yer & Rio Grande Railroad company,
appellee, from Santa Fe county, was
argued and submitted. The case is to
test the constitutionallty Of the hide
inspection law passed by the Thirty
fourth legislative assembly.