Semi-weekly herald., 1909-05-31

struction company did and had com
pied with all its said contract and
contracts with the said w H. o.
ford and that ii has made all theN,
ments as they had become due, accord
ing to the terms OF said contract and
contracts, and that the said the EN-
pire Construction company had. AT all
times, complied with it's part of the
said contract and contracts according
10 the terms thereof. and that theSid
W H. Crawford had no exerse or
cause whatever for quitting under the
said contract and contracts; whereas
in truth and in fact. the said L. J..
Siimson then well knew what the said
he Empire Construction company had
not complied with its part of its said
contract and contracts made and en-
tered into and that it had not made
the said payments to the said w. II
Crawford as the same had become due
according to the terms of said contract
and contracts, .anG that the said com
pany had not, at all time. complied
with its part of the said coA and
contracts according to the terms there
| OF, and that the said w, H. Crawford
did have just cause and excuse for
quitting under the said contract and
| contracts and so the said l.. J.. Stim-
son, in manner and form aforesaid
| did then and there commit willful
and corrupt perjury, contrary to the
form of the statute in such cases made
and provided. and against the peace
aud dignity of the same people OF the
state of Colorado.
State OF Colorado, Montezuma Cpan-
ty-ss:
OF the March term of the Monte
zuma county district court. of The
sixth judicial district OF the state of
colorado, in The year OF our Lord
one Thousand Nine Hundred and
Nine.
The grand Jurors, chosen, Sc
lected and sworn, in and for the
county of Montezuma, in the name
and by the authority Of the people OF
the state of Colorado upon their oaths,
present, that r. p. Gordon, whose real
Christian name is TO the grand jurors
unknown but whose person is well
known, late of the county of Monte
yuma and state of Colorado. on the
10Th day of March, in the year OF Our
Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and
Eight, at and within the county afore.
said, he the said r. p. Gordon then
and there being an officer, to-wlt: II
director of the Montezuma Valley Ir
rigation district, a corporation, and
not having a legal light thereto. did
have and receive seven certain bonds
of the same the Montezuma Valley
Irrigation district of and from some
person or persons to the grand jurors
, unknown, of the denomination OF five
, hundred dollars $500 eacn and nj
he aggregate value OF three thousand
five hundred dollars (S3,500), contrary
to the form of the statute in such case
made and provided and against the
peace and dignity of the same people
of the state of Colorado.
State of Colorado Montezuma Com
ty-ss:
, OF the March term of the Mortc
yuma county district court, OF the
Sixth judicial district of the state of
Colorado, in the year of our Lord One
f Thousand Nine Hundred and Nine
, The grand jurors, chosen, selected
and sworn, in and for the county of
Montezuma, in the name and by the
authority of the people of the state
of Colorado, upon their oaths present
that r. p. Gordon. whose real chris.
tian name is to the grand jurors I'm.
known but whose person is well
known, John T. Duncan and William
f. Mowry, late of the county of Mon.
tezuma and STATE of Colorado, on the
10th of May in the year of our Lord
One Thousand Nine Hundred and Nine
at and within the county aforesaid,
that the said r. p Gordon, John n.
Duncan and William r. Mowry, cn or
about the 10Th day OF May, A. u.
1903, In the county aforesaid. unlaw
fully, wickedly, falsely, maliciously
and feloniously devising and intending
10 cheat and defraud the Montezuma
Valley irrigation district, corpora
tion then and there duly organized
and existing under the laws of Lhe
state of Colorado, of large sum of
money. to-wit; the sum of two thou.
sand four hundred dollars (S2, ,4O0), the
said R. p. Gordon and the said John
7. Duncan being each then and there
an officer, to-wit then and there each
being director of said the Monte.
| yuma Valley Irrigation district, and
the said William f. Mowry being then
and there an officer to-wit: the see
| retary of the said district, did then
and there unlawfully, wilfully. wicked
~ falsely, maliciousy and feloniously
oonspire, combine and confederate 10.
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