Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-03-18
RAMON RAEL GOES
TO PENlTENTIARY
Convicted Of Assault With Intent to
Kill and Sentenced to Three
Years Imprisonment.

Territorial district court for Santa
Fc county reconvened today, Judge
John r. McFie presiding.
Ramon Rael who was convicted yes.
terday afternoon under an indictment
charging him with assault with intent
to kill his brother-in-law Dalio Ro-
driguez was sentenced today to three
years Imprisonment at hard labor In
the territorial penitentiary The jury
returned verdict Of guilty after only
twenty minutes deliberaton.
Rael and Rodriguez became invol.
we'd in fight in local saloon about
six weeks ago, Rodriguez 1t appears
struck Rael over the head with a
beer bottle, whereupon the latter
whipped out a dirk with which he
stabbed Rodriguez. Rodriguez was in
a critical condition for week or
more and has not yet recovered from
the effects Of the wound although he
was able to testify at the trial yes.
terday Rodriguez Is himself under
indictment for assauting Rael and
will be tried later.
Patrick J. Hogan, Joe Granite and
|J, Nergolio, three saloon keepers at
Cerrillos, who were indicted for al
legged violation of the Sunday closing
law and selling liquor without a Ii,
cense, withdrew their pleas of not
guilty Yesterday evening and entered
pleas of guilty. Granite and Vergolio
were each fined with costs $40 and
Hogan was fined $50 which with costs
amounted to $94.
Nicolas Blea who was indicted on
la charge of grand larceny pleaded
guilty today to petit larceny and was
Sentenced to ninety days in Jail, sixty
days of which sentence was suspend.
ed pending good behavior. Blea sold
some carpets which had been given to
him TO clean. 1t appears that he com
mitted the offense while intoxicated
and as the person to whom the car
pets belonged did net desire to prose.
cute as the defendant and his wife
were working to pay for them,
he was allowed to plead guilty
to petit larceny when the case was
|called this morning and he was sen.
|tenced to three months in jail. Inas-
much as the full Jail sentence was
more OF punishment for the county
to haev to feed him, two months Of
this sentence was suspended dur
ing the good behavior of the
defendant, but if he commits another
crime to be Jailed at once for this
offense.
The case of the Territory VS.. Hig.
inio Martinez, who Is under indictment
for stab5ing James Hanson, was set
| for trial tomorrow. 1t is expected that
the Territory vs.. Benito Martinez, ct
lal, brought here on a change of venue
from Rio Arriba county will go to trial
on Friday. This Is another case of al.
legged assault with intent to kill.
Several civil cases were disposed of
today. In the case of the First Nation
al Bank of Santa Fe vs. Ambrosio
Pine, ct al judgment was rendered for
the plaintiff for $685. with costs of
the suit and attorneys fees.
In the case in relation to Santiago
Martinez, ct al. minors, the report of
the sale of certain real estate belong.
ing to them, was approved by the
court. Two tax suits were set for trial
this afternoon.
Joseph Digneo waived formal ar
|raignment this afternoon on the
charge of selling liquor to minors and
a plea of not guilty was entered. Coun.
sci for the defendants reserved the
right to withdraw the plea of not gull.
|ty.
There seems to be conflicting stat
utes regarding the sale of liquor to
minors In one section no age is men
toned while in two others the age
providing for penalty for selling
liquor to minors Is under IS.
Judgment in favor of the territory
for 1882 together with penalties and
costs was rendered this afternoon in
the tax suit against rannie R. Riven'
burg.