Bisbee daily review., 1909-01-14
MANY CASES FROM COCH|SE
 0N APPEAL
Supreme Court Now In Session
 At Phoenix Will Dispose of a! Number of Suits Sent UpI From Here.

TOMBSTONE, Jan. 13.-The su preme court is in session at Phoenix and will q spose of a number of cases rom Cochise county before that body adjourns. It is expected that the court will be in session until about the 10th of February listening to ar guments and motions in cases that are to come before that body. An ad journment will then be taken uRtil some time in March, at which time the decisions will be handed down on the cases submitted. There are some seventy odd cases to be submitted to the court for decision. The follow ing actions have been taken in ap- peal from Cochise county: Territory of Arizona vs. C. C. Craft, submitted on the briefs. Craft was convicted in the district court of the crime of an assault with intent to commit murder upon another colored man at Douglas about two years since. and was found guilty and sentenced to serve q term Of fifteen years in Yuma. He appeal ed.
 Territory vs. Billy Williams, also submitted. Williams was convicted of robbing a man named Palmer near Lowell. and after one jury had con victed aim and the verdict set aside he was retried and convicted the sec ond time. He was sentenced to serve a term of seven years. The case was appealed by his attorney, George Neale.
 In the case of the application by Attorney Gibson for the release O. By-a lille and Polly. the Navajo nI dians who are held at Ft. Huachuca as prisoners of war. which was tried before Judge Doan On Saturday last, the court allowed the parties to file briefs within ten Jays. The balance Of the Indians were released upon or der Of the department at Washing ton last Saturday, after the applica- ton for the writ had been denied. The appeal now only affects the two med'- cine men, who are acknowledged 10 | be the leaders of the renegades, as ! they are termed by th government. In all Of the criminal cases the attorney general Of the territory re served the risht to argue the cases before the court.
 | | ty were set down as follows: Tn the case of the territory vs. the | Beard of Supervisors, in which q wril | Of mandamus was sought to be gotten out to compel the board to place o'i | the assessment roll the increase on 1 the patented mines of the county as made by the territorial board of equal ization, the petition for the writ was 1 withdrawn.
 l The case of Dan Hankins vs. Frank lP. Helms was submitted on briefs. This is the second time that the case
 has been up on appeal from this coun
 ty. It involves the question of title
 to a mining claim in the vicinity ol
 the Junction mine in the Warren dis trict.
 The case of Charles ClaSon ys. Nick
 Matlo, to quiet title to mining prop
 erty in the Warren district, was also
 submitted on briefs.
 A similar order was made in the
 case of c. l.. Cummings, administra tor of the estate of Antonio Peretti deceased, against M Roseberg, which involves the title to real estate in ! Benson.
 In the case of the Gibson Abstract company ys Cochise county, which in
 wolves the question of the right of the county to collect personal property tax at the rate of the previous year aa order was also made submitting
 that on briefs.
 The case Of Frank Graf vs. the Bunk Of Bisbee, involving the ques ton Of commission on the sale oi |
 20tn inst.
 The case of the Arizona Mining & Trading company Ts. J. J. Benton which involves the question of alleged
 fraud in making the transfer of Ger
 tain stock. was also set for argument
 of January goth.
 The same day was set for the
 hearing of the case of Seth E. Haz gard ys. l.. J. Overlook, which involves
 the question of debt over the deal ings had by the plaintiff in the firm
 of Duey x Overlook, and is resui of that failure. There are a nunlbel
 of similar cases that will be decided | upon the ruling in this case.
 The motion to affirm the judgment of the lower court in the case Of JohI iCochnin vs. the E. P. & $. W. rail road was denied. and fifteen days wal given ot the appellant to reply
 In the case of Francis J. Abell vs iGeorse W. Swain, involving the ques ton of title to property in Tonbston'
 was set for January i5. The case of the Copper Bell com pany vs. Martin Costello, appelle. wa
 set for January 21 and briefs to b' , filed by February 10th-