Bisbee daily review., 1908-03-22

WILL CONVENE
ON MARCH 27
Case Against CochiSe Super
ivsorS Will Come Up-AiSo
Action of Mrs. Hargroye
Against City.
Especial to Review.)

Especial to Review
TOMBSTONE, March 21.-Judge
Doan will leave tomorrow evening for
Phoenix, where he goes to attend the
session of the supreme court. The
court will meet on the 9th to hand
down decisions in the cases chat were
submitted to that body in January.
The judges viii assemble in Phoenix
on Monday and will use the time be-
tween then and Thursday in conferr-
ing over the opinions that have been
written by the respective justices to
which they were referred, and to de-
termine whether or not the others
concur or disagree with the opinion.
that has been written.
There are a number of cases in the
court from Coehise county that win
be acted upon. On the criminal side
Of the court there are but four cases:
o. j. Martin, who was convicted of
the crime of embeZzlement and sen.
fenced to serve term of two years;
C. C. Craft, who was convicted Of the
crime of an attempt TO murder in
Douglas, sentenced to serve fifteen
years; Giuseppe Musso, convicted of
the crime of murder in Tombstone.
having killed one Barney Gias. and
sentenced 10 serve a term of ten
years; Pablo Soto, sentenced TO serve
term OF ten years for a crime
against nature, committed in Tomb
stone.
OF the civil cases that will come
before the court the most important
to a majority of citizens of the county
will be that of the territory against
the board of supervisors of Cochise
county, wherein the territory viii try
to compel the board to place on the
assessment roll the increase valuation
of 200 per cent on the non-producing
patented mining claims, which the
board refused to do last August while
acting as a board of equalization. The
matter comes up on the hearing of an
application for a writ of mandamus
sought out by Attorney General ClaTh.
The case OF Belle s. Hargroye VS..
The City of Bisbee, will also be de-
cided. This action was brought in the
district court and resulted in Mrs.
Hargrove getting judgment for
damages in the sum of $500. Mrs.
Hargrove fell over an embankmeDt
along Opera Drive and sustained a
broken limb and brought suit against
the city for damages.
The foreclosure case of MaGtip Cos
tello VS.. The Copper Bell Mining Co.
will also be decided. Costello holds
notes issued by the company as wen
as mortgages that were given to Jno.
Gleason and afterward assigned to
him, involving several hundred thou
sand dollars.
Besides/the above case, Michael
Donahue of Douglas has a case against
the El Paso e Southwestern Railroad
company for damages alleged to have
been done to a tract of land of his
near Douglas by said company build
ing through it and badly cutting it up
The company was given Judgment in
the lower court and Donahue APP
pealed.
The livestock sanitary board and
Kenney Brothers win have another
round to determine whether or not
they are compelled TO pay the butcher
license as is laid down in the statutes.
They had a number Of clashes in
the various local courts of the county.
The election bet of Charles Over
lock will be decided in the case of
George Hardiker VS.. Ben Rice. Rice
defeated Hardiker for the Office of
Justice at Douglas at last election and
Overlook, who was backing Hardiker,
contested the election. The case came
up to the district court and Judge
Doan decided in favor OF Rice, and
Overlook had the case appealed to the
supreme court. Hardiker is out of
the territory at present. Overlook
has several hundred dollars hung up
as bets on the election.
Among the other cases are those
Of ]. D. Richardson ct al. VS.. Henry
MANI, to quiet title to land nea-
Douglas; Greene Cattle Company VS..
Hereford, which went up on demurrer
as to the jurisdiction: the bankrupt
case of the Black Diamond Copper
Company, and the case Of Helms VS..
Hankins, to quiet title to property in
the Warren Mining district.