Bisbee daily review., 1906-05-04
TRIAL OF CIVIL CASES
COLEMAN PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO MURDER OF HIRAM SMITH
 IN 1is5EE.
No Record Made of the Disposition Of Several Cases by the Grand Jury. Plea to Be Entered In Libel Case Tomorrow
(Special to Reyiew.l


 TOMBSTONE May B. The atten- tion of the court today was taken up most entirely in the trial of civil cases.
 In the case of the Territory vs. Charles Coleman, charged with the murder of Hiram Smith in Bisbee, the defendant entered plea of not guilty. and was allowed to go on the same hond on which he had been held until the case comes to trial on June |.
 No action was taken in the criminal cases of A, T. Wolverton and John Williams, who have entered pleas of guilty to mssdemeanors. The judg- nent- of the court will probably be pronounced sometime during the pres .ent week. . s-r ta
 In the case of the Territory vs. R. D. Harris, who was indicted at the last term of the District Court on six charges of embezzlement, alleged to have appropriated funds of the Fl Faso Southwestern Railroad Con- pany while in their employ at Doug las. was called up, out owing to the absence of the defendant there was no definite setting of the case, al hiAOG6h IL 10 uhuCI olOOu lndL II VIII be called about June 2.
 In the matter of the case of the Territory vs. l.. B. Kinnard, who was held to await the action of the grand jury, but of which case no record was trade of the disposition by the grand jury, was called up by Attorney Gun ringham for the defense, and the dis trict attorney asked for time to look into the matter. There are a number of similar cases in which the grand jury failed to make any report of the cases whatever whether they were ex. amined or referred to the next grand jury for action. The only case re- ! ferred to the next grand jury, accord, ing to the filed report of the grand Jury, was that of Jesus Molina. In the case of the l.. W. Blinn Lum, Der Company vs. Henry Bush, which was on trial this morning in regard to the title of the lot in Tombstone the rear portion of which Is occupied by the defendant, the testimony show. ed that the plaintiff was entitled to ! the lot to a depth of 10 feet from the front line of the lot on Toughnut street and the defendant the rear portion, consisting of about forty-fve feet.
 The case of Gootschalk vs. Martin Costello, regarding the title of a num- Der of mining claims in this district was on trial this afternoon "rd will rCt be completed until late hour. In the case of the Territory ys. w. B. Kelly, charged with criminal libel, the matter of entering a plea was con, tinued until Saturday, at 1 o'clock. In the morning the case of the Prov, | idential Mutual Loan Association vs G. H. F. French will be called. This case involves the title to the Hotel l Queen property in Douglas.
 In the case of W. H. De Washing tion vs. Vein 6 Co.,, the demurrer to the complaint as against John Glea son was sustained and dismissed as to him on the deposit of s285 alleged to have been due from him.
 In the case of Daily vs. Davenport | the demurrer to the complaint was sustained and the plaintiff given thirty days in which to answer. The plain. tiff will also be required to file Ltrd | for costs.
 In the case of W. P. Sims st aI. vs. J. E. Thompson ct al, jury was de' handed.