Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1902-05-17
COURT IN
| RIO ARRIBA COUNTY
Considerable Criminal Business, Including
Several Murder Cases Were Disposed Of
During the First Three Days Of
This Week.
SEVERAL CONVICTIONS HAVE BEEN HAD
ONE BEING FOR CATTLE STEALING

special Correspondence New Mexican.
TERRA Amarillo, N. NJ, May IA, 1902.
Court met at TERRA Amarillo on Mon
day, May u. The following is the re-
sumo of the business transacted the
first three days:
First Day, May 12
The case of the Territory VS.. Justo
Morfin, under indictment for murder,
was dropped from the docket with leave
the indictment was found in 1892 and
the defendant has never been apprehen-
ded.
/ The case of the Territory of New
Mexico VS.. Tomas Apodaca for murder,
was also dropped from the docket with
leave to reinstate. The Indictment in
this case was returned in 1895 and the
defendant has never been apprehended.
The case of the Territory of New
Mexico vs. Jose Maria Lopez, Gregorio
Casados, John Doe and Richard Doe
for murder was dismissed. Tn this case
the crime was alleged to have been
committed in 1892, and the witnesses
have been scattered and removed from
the territory so that conviction would
have been impossible should trial
have been had with the evidence OBJ
tainable.
In the case of the Territory VS.. Cruz
Cordova, for assault with intent to
MAIN, the cause was dropped from the
docket with leave to reinstate owing to
the fact that the defendant is confined
in the penitentiary at Canon City, Colo,
for crime committed in that state
The case of the Territory VS.. Jose Do
lores Salazar for mayhem. was dismiss
ed, the defendant having been acquft-
ted in the county of Bernalillo upon the
same charge.
The case of the Territory vs. Trini-
dad Vigil, for assault to murder, was
dismissed, other parties having been
convicted for this same assault at the
last term of court.
The case of the Territory VS.. Juan
Gallegos, for murder, is set down for
trial on Friday, May 49, E. NJ. Read
and Mr.. Duff of Denver appear for the
defendant.
Second Day, May 13-
The four cases of the Territory of
New Mexico VS.. Amadeo Archuleta,
Agapito S. Salazar, Narciso Archuleta,
lnearnacion Jaramillo, Manuel Martin
ez, Francisco Mestas, Pedro Archuleta
and Cesario Martinez, for assault and
battery, were called up on motion for
a change Of venue by A. B. Renehan,
attorney for the said defendants, and
the venue In the said four cases was
changed from the county of Rio Arriba
to the county Of Santa Fe.
Third Day, May IA
The case Of the Territory of New
Mexico VS.. Noe Gallegos, under indict-
ment for assault with intent to kill,
was tried today. The defendant filed
poverty affidavit, and r. c. Gortner,
Esq, was appointed by the court to de-
fend the defendant. This is a case in
which the indictment was found six
years ago and the defendant has been
absent in Colorado and was not appre-
fended until when he was extradited
last February. The jury returned a
verdict Of guilty. Defendant has not
been sentenced by the court as yet.
The grand jury returned an indict-
ment today against Bersabela Gallegos
for assault with deadly weapon and de-
fendant gave bond for her appearance
at this term Of court.
In the case of the Territory VS.. Jose
Archuleta, under indictments for steal
| ing cattle the defendant plead guilty.
Has not been sentenced by the court as