Bisbee daily review., 1902-06-28
ADJOURNMENT OF
 DISTRICT COURT
A LARGE AMOUNT OF BUSINESS
 WAS DISPOSED OF.
A Session of Four Weeks.-Disposed of Large Civil and Criminal Docket-James Kelley Wins in Damaue Suit.

Doeket-James Kelley Wins in
 Damage Suit.
 The June term of district court of Cochise county was adjourned on We'd nesday evening by Judge Doan, after a session lasting nearly four weeks and during which ime a large amount of business was transacted. Upon his arrival Judge Doan found the calendar filled with cases, both criminal and civil, that had been continued from time to time, some for a number of years. It took him but a few days to set the wheels of justice moving, and at no time during the four weeks were they allowed to stop One hun dred and three cases were brought to the attention of the court, S2 civil cas- es and 21 criminal, besides the charges ignored by the grand jury; some 15 in number Of the civil cases 34 were continued by motion of the attorney s In the cases; 36 were tried and l2 dismissed. Of the criminal were continued, nine were tried, six dis missed, and in one case a hung jury resulted. During the first week sixty one cases were disposed of
 The last few days of the court was taken up in some few criminal cases and a few civil cases
 The Figueroa case was continued for the term and the defendant ordered placed under s2,000 bond. Figueroa is charged with the murder of Geo. Ashton in the Huachucas; his confed- crate, Moreno, being discharged by the Jury at this session. but they dis agreed as to the guilt of Figueroa
 Jas. Shepperd, who was tried for the murder of Joe Livingstone at Ben son during the month of May last. and "hich resulted in a hung jury, was ordered paced on s2,000 bond. which wasf urnisheda nd defende=.. r1viieaseu. Sheppard is suffering with rheuma. usm and was failing rapidly from being confined in the jail
 Wm .Devereaux, who was charged with burglary of the Crawford jewelry store, was given a chance to rustic s5,000 bail, but was not able to do so and so will remain in the custody of the sheriff.
 Rafeal CaranZa, who was accused of having broken in to box car at Naco and stealing several hundred dollars worth of hams, beans, etc., belonging leased, the indictment drawn up lased, the indictment drawn up against him being faulty.
 Victor Verdugo was sent over from Naco during the month of May last against hini being faulty.
 but through the oversight of the dis tr1ct attorney, the case was never brought before that body and the de- fendant was allowed to lay in jail until the last day of the court, when the Judges attention was cslld to the fact by the sheriff's office whereupon the court ordered the man discharged
 Trinidad Snolla, a Mexican witness in the Figueroa case, who had been held in jail, was ordered released.
 The cases of Cowan and O'Brien were continued for the term. Like vs. Hop Sing was also contin- ued
 Mcdonald vs. McDonald; same or der.
 Reilly vs. Cochise county; ordered placed on calandar and continued for the term.
 Alfred G. Stevenson was admitted to citizenship.
 J. Reilly vs J. Isabel Carol, to cor rect deed; judgment for defendant.
 J. B. Harris vs. John Hogan; appeal from justice court; judgment for plain tiff.
 On Tuesday afternoon and Wednes- day morning the attention of the court was occupied in the libel case of c. R. Bostwick vs. Jos. Reilly, in which the plaintiff sued for $15, 1000 damages for the publishing of an ar ticle in the Tucson Citizen over the signature of Reilly, and which article was recently published in these col umns. The plaintiff was represented Dy Wright and Fleming, of Tucson. and the defendant by Goodbody & Neai. The plaintiff was the first witness called, and stated his name and that he was probate judge of this county, The article in the Citizen was read to him and he stated that it was the one referred to in the complaint Here plaintiff rested and defendants attor- ney moved that the court instruct the fury to render verdict in favor of the defendant, as no damages had been shown. After some argument was had without the presence of a jury, the motion was denied and the case pro ceeded. The defendant first placed Mulford Winsor of the Tucson Citizen on the stand and proved by him that Bostwick was in Tucson and in an in terview had stated the facts of an ar ticle published in the Citizen, to which the Reilly article was an answer. Sev eral witnesses were called to show that there were no producing mines lying north of Tombstone within dis tance of ten miles, as published in the first article. and to which Reilly re ferred. The defendant was then put on the stand and stated that he read the first article in the Citizen and re ceived several letters in regard to it and so as to answer all of them, he