Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-09-02
COURTS CONVENE
AND ADJOURN
Juries to Be Or
ganized To-
morrow
BUSY SESSIONS EXPECTED
Jurors Were Exc mined To-
day as to Qualifications
Then Dismissed.

| United States Court for the First
Judicial District and the Territorial
District Court OF Santa Fe County
convened at 10 o'clock this morning
Judge John r. McFie presiding Being
a legal holiday nothing of record was
done aside from examining the pros.
pective Jurors summoned for the
federal grand and petit jures and the
Territorial grand jury relative to their
qualifications to serve. Following
this both courts were adjourned until
tomorrow morning at 8 o'clock when
the juries will be empanelled and
enter upon their respective duties.
The Territorial petit jury will not re-
port for duty until the third week of
the term.
The federal term of court this fall
promises to be one of more than or
binary interest, owing TO the rumors
anent land Investigations now in pro-
of alleged conspiracy to defraud the
government in connection with coal
and timber lands in which indictments
were returned at the last term OF
court are on the docket for trial and
it is reported that other cases OF
a like nature may be presented before
the grand jury for investigation.
The following are the names and
places Of residences of the jurors who
reported for duty this morning and
were accepted:
United States Grand Jury--Frank
F. Gormley, Santa Fe County; Celos
Ortiz, Santa Fe County; Ramon
Quintana, Santa Fe County; Pedro
Roybal, Santa Fe County; Augustin
/" Salc!do, Santa Fe County Benito Bor.
: regu, santa Fe County; Ferz Ortega,
Santa Fe County: Encarnacion Ware.
la, Santa Fe County; Cosme Herrera,
Rio Arriba County; Antonio Burciaga
Rio Arriba County; J. S. Hamilton
Rio Arriba County; Manuel Vigil, Rio
Arriba County; Luis NJ. Ortiz, Rio Ar
riba County; Juan de j. Aragon, Taos
County; Gregorio Griego, Taos Coun-
ty; Pedro Lopez, Taos County; Fran
cisco NJ. y Martinez, Taos County;
Luis NJ. Mondragon, Taos County;
Sherman Waggoner, San Juan Coun-
ty.
: United States Petit Jury-George
Blunt, Santa Fe County; Thomas
Gwinn, Santa Fe County; Miguel Cor
man, Santa Fe County; Philip Hum
phrey, Santa Fee County; Jose Lopez,
Santa Fe County; Jose Mandrano,
Santa Fe County; Manuel Griego, San
: ia Fe County; Manuel Padilla, Santa
Fe County; DonacianO Gallegos, Rio
5 Arriba County; David Gallegos. Rio
Arriba County; Enrique Jaquez, Rio
]. Arriba County; Antonio Manzanares,
Rio Arriba County; Jose D. Mama
4 mares, Rio Arriba County; J. N. Z.
=, Quintana, Rio Arriba County; Juan j.
Abeyta, Rio Arriba County; Chop Bal.
lard, Taos County; Felipe Garcia,
e Taos County; Vicente Garcia, Taos
V County; Juan C. Lopez, Taos County;
e George Pacheco Taos County; Aga
|, pito Quintana Taos County.
Territorial Grand Jury-Epifanio D.
d Atencio, precinct Is; Estevan Domin-
S guez, precinct 4 Sacarias Gabaldon,
t Iprecinct 3; Jose Manuel Gonzales,
# precinct 5; Perfecto Gallegos, pre-
cinct g. Narciso Mestas, precinct Is;
/. Epimenio Maestas, precinct Is; Am
$ brosio Medrano, precinct 4; Jose r.
$ Ortiz, precinct IS; Benito Ortiz, pre-
It cinct 4; Vicente Romero, precinct g.:
n Ramon Rivera, precinct 3; Eutemio
Roybal, precinct /; Francisco Sando-
val, precinct 12; Cosme Salas, pre-
cinct II; Pablo Tafoya, precinct 3.
Walker Mcclure, of San Juan
. County, was excused from duty on the
Federal grand jury and John Hampel,
,. Of Santa Fe County; William Fraser,
of Taos County, and Luis M. Bernal,
of Rio Arriba County, were relieved
from service on the Federal petit jury.
Jerome Kunkel and George T. Redman
= were excused from duty on the Ter
!. rtorial grand jury. The others on
= the venires either could not be found
;, or were unable to report for duty
i through disabilities. Ascencion Ro'
- | marc uho uac drawn m tho Tarri.
tory grand jury is blind, and N. ].
Sturmquest was reported as being
i very sick. Antonio Leyba, whose
name was also on the list, has been
dead for some time.
. Deputy United States Marshal w
q r. Forbes is here to be in attendance
at the term Of the Federal court, fol
the purpose of paying jury and wit
ii ucce fons and cnrvinp aI1hnnonoc II