Arizona republican., 1902-05-28
DISTRICT COURT
 CONTEMPT GASES
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 would then be just as much justified in violating an injunction granted Eou .irst them. It is necessary that pun
 ishrnent be imposed in this case This
 is q case where personal feelings aie ! not to be considered. l. is q question affeo ing the welfare and safety Of his
 whole community. You gentlemen are
 guilty Of violating this order and you must be punished, ic eof no other roa-
 son than to show the others similarly situated that tEe orders cf this court must be calired out
 If such decrees are unjust there is ! tribunal to remedy them II you have
 rights, they should be presented to this court for adjudication. This contempt, as 1t is termed ill law, having been SO firmly established. you must De punish ed therefor. So that the judgment Of the court is that yoa are guilty of eon- i tempt. and that you be confined in the county jail, without bail, until you purge yourself Of such contempt. You can purge yourself of contempt at any time after the sessicn of today, when the court is in session, by coming into court ard stating that hereafter you N l.
 you will not violate this injunction so long as II remains in force. Any time after today-i speak now lo Mir. Sm2ol and MT. GoUiI-any time after today you can cone into court and purge yourselves by simply stating that yog will obey t!.e iriunc ton hereafter. So that the length Of tine you remain in
 ilii will depend upon yourselves. You
 n r,,rVcra ,-..-1t.laly--C ,ryr +i,o1o statement to the court-I mean, of course, 9 statement that is made in
 good fGitn-that hereafter you viii ie-
 spec any order Of the court
 Tn reSud to you, MT. S!osser. the
 injunction has been violated as flag rantIy by you as by the others. 1 can conceive. however, under the advice given you by yodr counsel. that if an
 injunction was in force against the c:l- nal company, that you may have t.iSl,- to this water that the c;In.iI compin. should respect-yOu might conceive
 that you had :, right to that water. If such an injunction exists. and for tie purposes of this proceeding l assume that it does exist. and | the canal com ps. ny has not given you the water. yol are i'll some" hat different position from the others so far 2s the extent of yG;-I punishment is concerned. You have also testified that the principal reason for yOGl hreaking the gate ,-as to enable your cattle 10 get water, and if you believed you had the right t3 take the water, il entities you to t,ie ] ieElehcy oi the court. mere than the
 cther gentlemen. The judgment of 1he ccart is that you are guilty of con tempt and that you be confined ia the county jail without bail. But ! will give you ar opportunity to purge your self from this contempt today. if you ! desire. If you will etata to the ,cs.tt that you incend u obey the injunction of the court, and that you will not hereafter violate it. you may be relals- ed now
 MT. Slosser who had been standing during the remarks from the bencn. replied that he would certainty obey tie i Injunction of the court hereafter. The court then continued.
 The circumstances in your s.a sa then, are such that you are will be le- ] leased from the custody Of the sheriff The other defendants will remain ia the custody of the sheriff
 Messrs. Snoot and Gould were taken into custody and le- mained ia the private rooms Of 7he sheriff where they were visited until late hour by farmers and friends. | They were given dinner which was | banquet on q small scale. There was nc bitterness of expression or feeling. The burden e the defendants vas