La Junta tribune., 1904-06-18
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L. A. Roland came up. N. F.
Miller conducting the prosecution
and w. r. Gibson appearing fos
the defense. There were three
courts in the information against
Roland-larceny of . horse be-
longing to Wilcox & Bell. Of
Trinidad. branding the animal.
and defacing a brand. The pso-
secution was conducted on the
tisst count in the information, the
jury bringing in verdict Of guilty
a. charged, after being out for
twenty hours. Counsel for the
defendant was given until Mon
day morning to file motion tor .
new trial, and in case il 10 not
granted Roland will be sentenced.
Roland was convicted At the last
term OF the district court on
charge Of larceny Of barbed wire
and fence posts and sentenced to
the penitentiary for term Of three
years. He has been out on s.. 600
bonds pending an appeal to the
supreme court. but is now in jail
on account Of being convicted At
the present term OF the district
court.
The case Of the People vs.. A.
E. Crawford, charged with send
ing threatening letters through the
mails. came up Thursday. Cecil
E. Sydner, the attorney OF this
city, vas the prosecuting witness.
and Fred A. Sabin appeared as
special prosecutor. Crawford, who
is a justice Of the peace in Bent
county, conducted his own de.
tense. Sydner had $40 account
OF a certain firm against Crawford
placed in his hands for collection.
Several letters passed between
Sydner and Crawford, the former
insisting upon payment, and the
latter asserting that he had paid
Sydner s75 in full payment Of the
account, and demanding . receipt
therefor, threatening to do all
kinds OF things to Sydner unless
he complied forthwith instanter.
The jury brought in 4 verdict Of
guilty. The extreme penalty is .
fine Of $500 and six months con
finement in the county Jail.
Yesterday morning Crawford ap.
peared before the bar Of the court
for sentence, il imposing which
Judge Dixon delivered one Of the
artistic roasts for which he is fam
Gus. He said: "Mr. Crawford, have
you anything to say for yourself
this morning7 No7 Well, in
your address to the jury yesterday
you clsimed that the prosecution
was trying to make you out liar.
The jury brought in q verdict Of
guilty, sustaining the contention
of the prosecution. You were
tried in the county court Of Bent
county and convicted, and you
evidently perjured yourself there.
In swearing out warrant IN your
own court for the arrest Of the
prosecuting witness you committed
perjury again. The penalty for
perjury in Colorado is fourteen
years in the penitentiary, and in
perjurlng yourself on three differ
ent occasions you have made your
self liable to a sentence Of forty
two years in the penitentiary. You
seem to be laboring under the de-
lusion that you are great lawyer;
but you're not. You are neither a
Daniel Webster nor q Rufus
Choate, but just plain, common,
ordinary man. You should divest
yourself Of this exalted opinion.
Your actions are incomprebensible
to me, and ! am forced to enter
tain the conclusion that you are
consummate ass. The fact that
you have family is the one miti-
eating circumstance in this case,
but rs am compelled, under the
law, to impose both fine and i'm
prisonment. the judgment Of the
court n that Won be fined in the