Arizona republican., 1906-05-16
A SPITEFUL WITNESS
Against a Blind Pig Keeper at ROOss.
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Roosevelt. May 14.-LS oecIal cores pondence to The Republican)-'T The case against one F. Alvarado. charged with illegally selling liquoc, which came to an end on last Wednesday, at about o'clock in the morning, was for a variety of reasons, perhaps one of the most peculiar cases that h1s ever occupied the attention of Justice Ev ans in the local court. Tho manner in which the case was brought to trial was rather unusual, and was nothing more nor less than a piece of spite work perhaps. on the part of the Cbicf witness for the plaintiff.
 The way it all came about is as fol- lows: On he 17th of last December, three men of whom one Edwards was the most prominent went down to at tend Mexica.l dance in the east erd of town. During the course Of :he evening, the trio, somewhat thirsty from the effects of the dancing, started out in search of refreshments. They went to the fruit stand of hlvaIadC. and there asked for a bottle of wil;s key. This they received and in return paid three doIllrs for the goods. All drank freely of it ani whcr the first bottle was gone. q second was prn- cured. The effect of the liquor was too much for Edwards and he was soon drunk. Herwd arrested. taken 10 jail and later fined for the oftense. At the time nothing further w;ts thought of the matter, and it has been forgot ten probably by al except enc ma7, and that was Constable Russrl For d long time he has been on 5n, traii of illegal vendors If spurious goods, Grd he almost felt Chat he could get a good case against Alvdr;llo f Ec t";Ild land a few witnesses. A snort time ago he learned that Edwards was contemplating leaving town, and it was then that the intrepid constable saw his chance. He approached the man with the talk that now he, (Ed- wards) was about to leave town, and why couldn't he come through with all the inside information that would help make d case against AlvaradO and convict nim?" Edwards was not aveTse to the scheme and Constable Russel forthwith filed a complaint charging AIvarado with selling liquor without a license. and the mar was arrested. By posting a bond he Was released and his trial set for Wed les- day. the 9th.
 At the trial a jury of six was SC lected by common consent. and the case was opened for AIvarado hy lis counsel, MT. Lucas. of Globe. The whole point that the lawyer for the defendant tried to make, S;as that the case was one of pure spite work and tae attempt to convict his client of an offense over six months old, was from no other motive whatever.
 Testimony to this effect was introduc- ed by the defendant, but was ruled out by the judge and only such evidence as was directly pertinent to the case, and the sale of the liquor. was allowed to be brought in. Edwards "as re- ported to have made the remark that upon being refused credit at .Alvara- dos store for 25 cents worth of or anges, q will make this cost you two hundred dollars instead of 9 ccnts." referring to- the sale of che liquor Constable RusseI testified as to Hlving seen Edwards receive q bottle W hic1l was passed out at the corner of one of the tents belonging t. AIvarado. Another witness was introduced who likewise admitted having been at the tent at the time the liquor was our- chased, and admitted having drunk his share of 1t. The evidence brnugh- out