Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-12-04
BOX CAR P|LFERER
GETS A LIGHT
SENTENCE
JOHN WILLIAMS SENT
UP FROM ALAM0G0RD0
imposing Array Of Legal Talent
at District Court Session.
Judge Cooley Has Strenuous
Experience.


Especial Correspondence 10 MerHinS JsaraaiI
A~lamogordo, y. NJ. Dec. 3.-In the
United States Yesterday the only
trial by Jury was the ease Of United
States versus John Williams. under an
Indictment charging breaking into
and nilfering n a of merchandise
at CarriEozo. The jury after a short
elaboration returned Il verdict of
guilty. The defendant looked to be
not more than 10 years of age, and
on account of his youth the court inn
posed the light sentence of six months
and a day in the p%enitentiary. j. II.
Smith. United States deputy marshal,
left on the limited for Santa Fe with
the prisoner.
There were four cases tried by the
court, in which the United States as
plaintiff prayed for an order to re-
move fences which were being unlaw-
fully maintained on the public domain.
and for an injunction TO restrain the
VI nv ltitNFHs iht WI I
ruled for the plaintiff in all four cases
only n case was appealed. ]. Frank
Curns, special agent of the general
land office, was the principal govern
ment witness.
Their being no further cases to be
tried at this term, the petit jury was
discharged and court adjourned. Cap
tain Leahy and his assistant, Herbert
Clark, left this morning for Las Vegas,
A~lamogordo has never before enter
tanned so large and imposing an array
of legal talent as was in attendance
at this double term of court. The fol-
lowing out of town attorneys were
here: Captain David J. Leahy, United
States district attorney, Las Vegas;
Herbert w. Clark, assistant United
States district attorney, Las Vegas;
Major w. II. II. Llewellyn, special as
sistant to the United States attorney
general, and territorial district attor-
ney; Morgan Q, Llewellyn. deputy dis
trict attorney, both of Las Cruces; Col.
P%ritchard. ex-attorney general of New
Mexico, Santa Fe; Judge John w,
Thompson, Kansas City; Mark II.
Thompson. ex-dlstrict attorney. Las
Cruces; ii. II. Hamilton, Carrizozo;
Tom Lea, Jr., w. Il. Ware, Dan NJ.
Jackson, George Estes, Eel paso,
Joseph +. Bonham. Las Cruces; Reed
Holioman. V. w. Moore. e. c.. Welcii,
Tucumcari; Harry n. Daugherty. So
zorro; ]. Frank Curns, Werner Glib
son, Santa Re; j. M. Elliott. Memphis,
Texas; Earl A. Mayo, Tularosa; Frank
p. Blair, Orogrande.
Judge Afford w. Cooley had an at
tack of Illness after dinner last even
ing, and as a consequence Is not able
to preside in court today, Major Lie
wellyn. district attorney, telegraphedl
last night to Judge Frank w, Parker
at Las Cruces, requesting him to come
to AlamogOrdo to preside until Judge
Cooley RECEIVERS. 1t Is hoped that
Judge Parker win reach here on the
limited this afternoon to preside in
the territorial court.
The exact nature of Judge Cooley's
illness Is not known, but it is not
thought to be in any way serious. ForJ
the past few months Judge Cooley
has been laborlng under a strain pc
culiarly trying. The sessions of court
at Tucumcari, Carrizozo and the two
at A~lamogordo have been practically
a continuous performance, with little
or no time to rest and recupcratc.
there occurred the sad death of
Mrs. Coolcy's sister, Miss Dalton, after
a long. hard siege Of typhoid fever.
Judge Cooley was presiding at Carri-
.ozo at the time and could not posi-
bly, leave his post. Mrs. Cooley ac-
'ompanied her sisters remains to
Boston. and has not yet returned to
Alamogordo. Under such circumstan-
res IL is no wonder that Judge Cooley,
his first term upon the bench,
= indisposed