The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-01
District Court.

DesS~S VI ANOFo A0 70 AAA6A nACtiANS
and Nellie Monroe, on the charge
of burglary of j. Nesbitt Bro.
store at'Delauiar, on the 14th of
this month. On motion of the
district attorney the charge
against Frank Sanford, also one
of the gang, was ordered dis
missed, and he was put on the
stand as the States witness.
The defendants were represent
ed by Atty. Laney OF Salt Lake
and. the State by District At
tornery Chas lee Horsey and At
torney McNamee. The jury
after listening to the testimony
on both sides. in fact il, being adj
mitted by; the defendants that
the deed was committed, but
that they wHreaeadyinto the mat
ter by a maintained Hanks a
detective; who since ;the grand
jury, met. andg before the trial
came of, xotlesre overt some
matters and leftthe State and
was not present, at, the I. trial.
found the defendants guilty and
recommended them to the mercy
of the court. The counsel for
defendants, asked. the court if
sentence gould not be passed on
defendants, iInmediatly and 7
o'clock Saturday evening was
set for time as passing sentence
at which time the Judge ordered
that Hugh Monroe be confined in
the State Prison at Carson City
Nevada for term of fve years
and Nellie Monroe for a term of
four years, Thus ending one of
the most interesting cases tried
this term of rcourt. The court
room was filed to its utmost
during the trial.. and quite an
interest was taken in the matter
by the ladies. n
Saturday morning the jurymen
were discharged for the term
and all departed for their homes
around about the country.
The case Of G. p. Ronnow vs.
Walter Long came. up regularly
for hearing before the conrt. F.
r. McNamee, appearing for
plaintiff and Chas. Lee Horsey
for defendent. Trial by jury
expressly waived. The court
ordered that Long be allowed the
sum of S 2O2. 80 for labor on the
Panaca and Dewey mines leaving
. balance Of $298. 33 due Ronnow.
The costOf the suit to be paid by
Ronnow. W., ~ -
The casaref c.. p. Ronnow VS.
Larenzo Heaps, by stipulation
between respective counsel for
plaintiff and defendant it was
agreed that the case be submit
ted to the Court upon the, same
state of facts IS were given in
the case Of ,Ronnow VS. Leng,
after which the Court ordered
that Heaps recoverfrom Ronnow
the sum of ,$202. So for work
performed on the Panaca and
Dewey claims and an amount of
$429.9S was due Ronnow on
amount sued, for. Heaps was
ordered to pay all costs.
F. R. McNameewas appointed
by the court % Administrator of
the estate Of Robert C. Lund,
deceased on his filing a bond in
the sum of $4,000. Joseph
Vietti. ]. Johnson and ]. Roeder
were appointed appraisers of
said estate and that be given 60
days in which to- appraise the
property. .osA
1t was ordered that F. R.
McNamee be substituted as plain
tiff in place Of B. ]. Lund,
deceased in. the case of B. ].
Lund VS. JohpR. Cook, and Jas.
E. Price. III
H. r. Ellipt was substituted as
plaintiff in the Case Of Short and
Elliot vs;R. n. johnson in place
of C. w. ElliotGdeceased..ra
The estates of Hong Buck and
w. S. Godbe were ordered closed
and a final distribution made. :
A motionfos anew trial in the
case of Hand and Cook. over the
title of the Yuba East Mining
claim was argured and the
motion was denied.
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Death ofsW. HI Clark.