Gilpin observer., 1904-01-28
District Court Notes.


in and for Gipin county, which opened
in this city last week, upon an ao]ourn'
meut from the week previous, has been
very busily engaged since hearlng crim'
nal cases. Judge A. H. DeFrance IS
presiding, District Attorney Thurman IS
prosecuting, being at times assisted oy
b. c. Miles, Hugh DeFrance official
stenographer, Morris Hazard clefh'
Thomas Cody, sheriff, and Fl. Hazard
baiEff. So far there has been but one
conviction worthy of note.
The first case was that of A. Quintano,
charged with burglary and larceny nI
Rolllpsville, but owing to an error IN the
information the jury found him guilty
of only petty larceny, although there
was plenty of evidence that he was
guilty of the greater crime. Attorney
Matthews defended Quintano.
The second case to come up was that
of Samuel Singer, charged with rape,
ince. t, etc. One of the district attor-
news informations was again quashed in
this case, but the Judge gave him per
mission to make a new one. On the
other information the jury found Singer
not guilty, because the information stat
ed that the defendant had committed
rape by force" while the evidence
showed that there was no force. Singer
is now awaiting trial on the new infor-
nation drawn. He was defended by AT
torneys Livesay and Seright.
The next case to follow was that of
j ohm Bruce, charged in two counts with
forgery. Again the judge quashed one
of the informations owing to its faulty
wording, but on the other count, the
jury brought in verdict of guilty. He
was defended by Attorneys Livesay and
Seright, who will make a motion fol a
new trial.
Tuesday the case Of Albert Gooch and
Charles Pollock, charged with murder
ing Ed. johnson at Rollinsyile, was
called and the entire day occupied in at
tempting to get jury. and although a
special venire of thirty men had been
summoned, the work of getting jury
went over until yesterday. Attorneys
Hicks and Matthews are defending the
men, and the district attorney Is being
assisted by Mr.. Miles and MIR. Norlin of
Denver. This case is attracting consid-
erable attention and the court room is
crowded continually.
| 1t is probable that no civil cases will
be heard this month. ard not until the
adjourned session in March. as there is
but one more week of time left before
Judge DeFrance must adjourn here and
go to Georgetown, where ne has an extra
session of the court set for Feb. s. The
cases of Chandler, Milburn, Sanborn,
Carbonetti and Nepoli will not occur at
this term of the court, and will be talser
up at the June term. Carbonetti ana
Nepoli on Tuesday gave bonds, the for,
mer in the sum of 81 LOCO and the latter
in the sum of $500. A. Rapin, Angelo
Baleri and Anton Boggio being their
bondsmen.
In the case of Gocch and Bullock a
jury was yesterday secured, which both
sides accepted and the introduction of
testimony began. 1t is not expected
that the witnesses will take up much
time, and arguments will probably be
given to morrow, and the case given to
ID jury either tomorrow evening or
Saturday morning. The Jury is in
charge of Sheriff Cody and the members
are not allowed to go home or commun-
icate with outsiders until a verdict is
reached. Those on the jury are John
Belmont, VIM. Harvey, ]. NJ. Mack, Jas.
McNevins, Wash Henderson, A. f. Hen
ley, j. b. Merritt, Frank Brown, l. N.
Parsons, E. H. Fontaine, Henry Grannis
and Joseph Jones.