Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-10-18
DISTRICT COURT.
Judge Baker Sentences Prisoners to
the penitertiary.


James Elder convicted of obtaining
under false pretense. watch from s.
Vann, was sentenced to one year In
penitentiary. the minimum punish.
ment.
Frank Davis, convicted of theft from
various merchants of the city. was
sentenced to three years in the peni-
tentiary, the heaviest penalty.
w. A. Anderson. convicted OF assault
with intent to commit the crime of
rape. was sentenced to one year in the
penitentiary, the minimum sentence.
A. Padilla. convicted of unlawfully
branding cattle, was sentenced to two
years in thu penitentiary.
Juan Armijo who heretofore pleaded
guilty of murder in the second degree,
Barelas, when asked II he had any
thing to say why sentence should not
he pronounced, said nothing: but his
counsel, 4. V. Chavez. made a strong
plea for mercy, the burden of which
was. that the young man had hereto
fore borne an untarnished reputation,
even led an exemplary life, and that
III was his opinion that the defendant
was the tool OF another and led into
this affair, through the use Of drink
I he counsel did not state by whom he
was presumed to have been urged tC
commit the crime. but reasoned that
Armijo having no motive, and Others
having motives to commit the crime
the court should show mercy. The
court. in passing sentence. said II the
| ctatements OF the defendant himself
had left the court In the dark as to the
motive for the killing, that ii woult
not do to say or even suggest thai
SalaZar was bad man and ought tt
lac killed. and said the defendant wa.
either guilty of the blacklist and mos
damnable of murders or else not guilt,
at all. After detailing to the defend
ant the evidence of the horrible butch
cry shown to have been inflicted upoi
the deceased. the court stated that !
entertained no doubt that any iur.
would have upon such facts have en-
u Ntiui't NHNh "pHiu nav
resulted in hanging of the defendant
The court said that ii was his convit
ton that the sentence should be 70
life. but the statute not prescribing
sentence on such language, II would b
for such term OF years as would pre-
vent the defendant mingling with tn
community and sentenced defendan
for the term of ninety-nine year.
After sentence had been passed tn
court again asked the defendant II
still desired to tell the truth as TO tn
happening OF the affair, but his EN-,
ton was so great as to prevent hi
, mailing answer to the query for som
, tlr,e. when he again refused to reyes
! the secrets OF the event.
The co-defendant Estamislado Sal
, was then called. and Mr.. Heacoc
made a statement In his behalf as I
the former good character, good fan
| lily. etc. of the defendant, and urge
that the evidence adduced would n,
have supported even verdict of mu
l. der in the second degree The cour
I al lateihN N'hifh'Ns nhih NoN h''N
more puzzled as To his duty in dete
mining n proper punishment than
this case. The court said he had 4
doubt of enmity existing between So
and the deceased, and that he struc
the deceased with IA club. that he b
lieyed Sais took the first step and thu
4 If Sals had not been in the affray |
, all. there would have been no dis
> bility of Salazar nor any killing. tt
q court sentenced the defendant for
. period OF sixty years al hard labor
a the penitenfiary Under the rules al
regulations of the penitentiary tn
). makes Sais' minimum time not LEI
A than twenty-five years in the per
a tentiary.