The Arizona sentinel., 1909-04-15
DISTRICT COURT

Paul E. Jones. the f nm hand who
$3.50 by means of ch-ci ~ Na.eu
forged his emplo, er's name WAS tried
Saturday and convicted Judge amp
bell on Monday sentenced him to serve
eighteen months in the territorial
prison.
Charles Clark, colored, convicted
of assault to commit murder, was given
three years.
f. II. johnson. convicted of passing a
forged check for So II at the Old Plan
tation saloon, was sentenced to eighteen
months in the pen.
Nicholas Romero was convicted Of
burglarizing the Midway lunch stand
in November. He took Two watches
belonging to the proprietor. Adolph
Gross. The next night tomero was
seen to hide one of the watches under
Il stone near the Stag saloon, and it
was then he was arrested. He was
given two wears.
Harry Foster, the pool shark, con-
victed of robbing Charles Reigel, WAS
on Monday granted new trial.
Since last Thursday the grand jury
by instructions from the court has in
vestigated affairs in the Redlight dis
trict and ,eturned indictments against
w. T. Dalton, Mrs. Jennie Meade,
George Downey, Paterson & O'Donntll
and w. !. Dunno. The charges are
keeping disorderly houses, or renting
rooms or houses for immoral purposes.
a motion by defendants counsel to
quash the indictments on grounds that
members Of the grand jury were pre-
JUDGED against defendants and that
the finding was based upon malice,
was argued Saturday afternoon, de-
PENDANTS attorneys being T. D. Molloy,
II. Wupperman, L. l.. Ingraham and
c. L. Brown. The court denied the
motion to quash, and set the cases for
trial Monday at o'clock.
The case against Gerald Thomas,
charged with forgery, and which re-
suited in mistrial, was dismissed on
motion of the district attorney because
of insufficient evidence to convict. The
disagreeing jury stood ten for acquit-
tai and two for conviction.
Tom Casey, miner, was acquitted
of the charge of burglary. While
under the influence of liquor he took
few articles of small value from the
Palm lodging house. The fact that
Casey was drunk at the time and that
his previous record WAS good weighed
Eayorably with the jury.
Other cases were disposed of as fol-
lows:
w l. Dukeman VS.. " II Lyon, suit
on promissory- note; judgment for 81,
O7650,
The charge against Frank Mendcvil,
fer assault to commit misunderstanding
at Ed Thurlow-was ignored. The
charge OF rape. ON which Mendegil wus
also held to the grand jury, was like
wise ignored. This case was based
upon the age of consent law, the girl
ia the case being only y years old;
Mendeyil enticed her to the Wilson
House, where he accomplished his pur
pose. He was arrested on complaint
of The girls mother. After being held
TO the grand jury, he secured bail and
later the couple got together and were
married ana thus settled the trouble
agrceably-7or apparently so-to all
concbrErd.
w l. Scott rs. John AgaFd ana G L
Ingersoh suit TO quiet title-on trial.
w D Halliday vs.. NJ D Hall ct al,
suit for restitution of certain lands and
S300-caso taken under adyisement'
Francis NJ Riley VS.. Virgil NJ and
Eunice Sans, suit for $500 damages
Judgment for defendant. This suit was
on account of injuries received by Mr..
Riley from the attack of vicious dog
owned By defendants.
Elizabeth a King vs.. George ~
King, suit for divorce-decree granted.