Arizona republican., 1906-05-01
PAUL LEE WILSON
 RECEIVES SENTENCE
How the Court Day was Otherwise
 Put in.

Paul Lee Wilson was yesterday sen fenced to eighteen months in the terri torial prison and to pay a fine of $2OO for the burglary of the postoffice at Wickenburg. The sentence will date from January 20, the time of his ar rest. The sentence was preceded by I motion by Hon. T. G. Norris for a new trial. The motion was overruled and the sentence was imposed. The sen tence was lighter than most people thought it would be, but they are glad of it on account of the father of Will son, who has stood by as most fathers would not have done in the circum stances.
 On the territorial side of the court, Charles Mccormick the man held by the grand jury for grand larceny n misapprOpriating a watch belonging to a friend. was allowed to plead guilty to petty larceny and he was sentenced to three months in the county jail.
 The only trial of the day was that of Robert Alexander. charged with the burglary of a freight car. The jury would no doubt have been disposed to find Alexander guilty on his face, for if ever there was such thing as a criminal face. one is in the possession of Alexander However, there was tes- timOny against him beside his face and his conviction was prompt He will be sentenced tomorrow.
 History failed to repeat itself in the case of Ramon AIdai, who was to be tried for horse stealing. Aldai has been before all recent terms of court on a similar charge and he has been uniformly acquitted by Judge Goodwin, who has always been appointed to de- fend him. Judge Goodwin was ap- pointed this time, but it is understood that when he conferred with the pris- oner he remonstrated with him on his criminal sameness- He told him that this thing of defending the same man term after term for stealing a horse had its limits; it was getting wearing. He asked Aldai why he did not re- lieVe the bleak record of his criminal career by doing something else such as murder, forgery. arson-anything He refused, it is said, to enter upon the defense, and he told Aldai that he never would appear in his behalf for horse stealing unless he managed to sandwich in some other crime between his thefts of horses. At any rate. there was no trial. Aldai pleaded guilty and will he sentenced tomorrow
 The case of Arthur Valentine. ap- pealed from a justices court, was dis missed on motion of District Attorney Baker. The defendant is a little col Ored boy who did for time a thriving business in pigeons. His pigeons were so universally prolific as to invite the attention of the territorial authorities and he was arrested on suspicion of having invaded the dovecotes of his neighbOrs, among them the cote of a neighboring boy, who had a speaking acquaintance with all his own pigeons and who recognized them readily when he found them mixed up with young Valentines birds. The boy was con- victed, and an appeal was taken.
 Judge Baker was moved by several circumstances to recommend a dis missal of the case. In the first place the defendant was only a boy. In the next place, he was a colOred boy. Thirdly the property alleged to be | stolen consisted of pigeons, and pigeons are closely allied to chickens. It ap- peared to the district attorney that the whole proceeding was a futile attempt to suspend a law of nature