Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-02-14
AFTER VIOLATORS
ELECTION LAW
District Attorney Files Twenty-Five
lnformations in Torrance County
District Court.
Special to The New Mexican.

Estancia, N. NJ, Feb. 14--District
Attorney Frank W, Clancy has filed
in the District Court of Torrance
County. twenty-five inoformations for
violations of the election law at the
last election in this county, with affl-
davits supporting same.
Many Irregularities Charged.
The charge is made that many irreg-
ularities and not few unheard Of
proceedings were had by judges and
clerks of election boards In several
precincts and that a number OF Illegal
votes were cast. In one instance 1t is
charged that the judge of one of the
election boards informed a voter who
attempted to vote that Democrat
could not vote In that precinct The
would.be voter retired from the polling
place, but later returned and cast his
ballot
Refused to Cast Democratic Ballot.
Upon being asked by the Judge Of
the board what party he voted for, he
replied that he had voted the Demo
cratic ticket, whereupon the Judge un-
folded his ballot, saw that it was in
fact a Democratic ticket and promptly
refused to allow it to be placed in the
ballot box.
Warrants Issued for Offenders.
This is fair sample of the charges
set up in the informations and in the
affidavits supporting the same. The
process of the court has been issued
for the alleged offenders and they will
probably have hearing next week.
The trial of criminal cases was taken
up Tuesday morning. In the matter
of the Territory versus Doniciano
Aguiar, there being two bills against
the defendant for forgery, the plea of
mot guilty" heretofore entered by the
defendant was withdrawn by him and
his plea of guilty" entered. The court
has not sentenced him as yet.
Tleducu Su'lty " To'SCiJ
The case of the Territory versus
Luis Martinez consumed the time of
the court Tuesday. The charges
lodged against the defendant were as
sault with intent to murder and as.
sault with deadly weapon Colonel
George w. Prichard, of Santa Fe, ap-
peared as counsel for the defendant
and the case was given to the jury at
10 o'clock the same night.
Found Guilty of Deadly Assault.
In this, the first jury trial in Tor
rance County, the complaining wit
ness, Ellen Candalerio, charged the
defendant with striking him with a
spade and then shooting at him with
a rife, the fundamental cause beitfS
his hatred Of him because he, Candel-
ario, had been a witness against him,
Martinez, in a divorce suit. year or
two ago. Martinez claimed that Can
delario called at his home, he and his
wife having patched up matters
and were again living together, in his
absence and had insulted his wife, he
arriving just in time to chase him off.
He admitted firing his rife, but he
claimed to have shot In the air for the
purpose of frightening the complain
ing witness.
The jury returned verdict at 4:3o
o'clock Wednesday morning, finding
the defendant guilty, as charged in
the second count of the Indictment
assault with deadly weapon. The
court has not as yet imposed SEN
tence.
Murder Cases Next Week.
1t is expected that the next cases to
be taken up will be those of the Terri
tory versus Domingo Valles, and the
Territory versus Jap Clark, both de.
PENDANTS being charged with murder.
Both are here in the GUS
tody of the officers, having been ar
raigned yesterday when they pleaded
"not puilty"