Williams news., 1907-09-28
DISTRICT COURT DOiNGS

the UlSlrlCl court clOStu Oil tCdtul lay last. Considers bIe legal busi- , ness was transacted during the , week, as most of the old eases which have in the past taken up SO much of the courts time, have been dismissed from the calendar. , Among the criminal cases tried was that of Carlos GalIegos, charged with the murder of Pedro , Moreno, on October 20. 1906. ) Moreno was struck by one Jack Smith on the night of that day, in front of the saIoen belonging tt , Mrs. H. c. Sanders. called "The } Last Chance' The indictment was returned during the last April term of the court. and Gallegos } has been ont on bail fixed by Judge Sloan. The case was tried on Wednesday, the 18th inst, District Attorney Ashurst and I. A. Flynn } appearing for the territory, and , K N. Sleeves and J. E. Jones for the defendant. The trial consumed the entire day before it was sub , mitted to the jury. The jury , returned a verdict of not guilty within an hour.
 The case of the territory against Joseph Dixon. colored, indicted for criminal assault upon Emma Eggers, a white woman, after the entering of plea of not guilty ty Dixon, was continued until next term of court on motion of E. M. Doe, attorney for Dixon. He was released upon $1.50 bail.
 An indictment was returned against J. Y. Fisher, for gran nd larceny of horse The case was tried on Friday The dstricr attorney and T. 4 Flynn appeared for the territory and E. NJ. Doe and J. F. Jones for Fisher. I appeared during the trial that tn horse alleged to have been stolen. had been a Maverick, caught and branded, and such brand had been marked over. The court took the case from the jury and instructed I verdict of not guilty on tht grounds that no title could bt obtained to Maverick by simply
 branding it.
 The prosecution of Dora Thomas
 l colored woman of this town. was , ignored by the grand jury, as were
 also charges against Geo. F. Moe. ;. Charles Dudley, Pearl Dudley and = Jennie Dixon. for being some way :, mixed up in the Dixon case with L Emma Eggers.
 The grand jury also ignored the
 bill against Geo. Casner for horse
 stealing.
 The case of the territory against n Carmen Rodriguez. for robbery
 was ignored by he grand jury and
 the Mexican's money ordered re- turned to him. This is the case
 wherein warrant was first sworn
 out against Marshal Kennedy.
 which was squashed, and afterward
 warrant was sworn out by - Kennedy against the Mexican for ,e robbery. the marshal having found n that Rodriguez stole the money
 from another Mexican while he
 was drunk.
 The Mexican woman of this city
 known as "Carmil-tto," was in
 dicted by the grand jury for assault
 with intent to kill. committed
 recently in an opium joint in this
 town. She was represented by
 Geo. ". Glowner, and upon trial
 before jury she was acquitted
 he case Of John Horton, ln-
 dicted for the murder of John
 Swanson here on the 10'h day of
 last July. was tried hefore a jury
 on Thursday. the 18th inst. The
 testimony of the prosecution all
 showed that Swanson had been
 upon protracted spree, and that
 he died from erysipelas, and not in
 any way from any wounds made - by Horton. The district attorney
 and T. 4. Flynn appeared for the