The Arizona sentinel., 1911-04-13
DISTRICT COURT FOR
THE WEEK
Pat Branch Aquitted-The Cibola
Cases DiSmiSSed-Grim
Calendar Cleaned Up


/ to be conclusive. 1t will be re.
membered that last August Carl
Partch and Frank Locke were
east of the Prison Hill on their
way to the ella for q fishing
trip, when some one shot Partch,
who was at the side of Frank
Locke. Partch died in about
twenty minutes after being shot.
Branch was arrested for the
crime as being the man who was
seen going from the blacksmith
shop on Prison Hill after the
Shot was fired and was held to
to the grand jury. This case has
attracted greater attention than
any other during this term of
court, and was a hard fought
one. Peter T. Robertson, at
torney for Branch, made a strong
fight for the defense and won
out.
Saturday the grand jury made
its final report, showing twelve
indictments ignored, fifteen
charges, and examined sixty
witnesses. Two indictments
were returned Saturday for
gambling. one being against M.
A. Andrews, proprietor of An
drews' billiard hall, for permit
ting gambling in his pool par
lors; one against Boo Bechtel,
Squire Munroe and Charles
Munroe, jointly, charging them
with keeping a gambling resort
in the Taggart house in Madison
avenue. <e--4-,e=s
In the case against Strauch,
who was charged with forging
the name of S. D. Cunningham
on The Toggery for goods, the
jury returned verdict of guilty.
In the case against Joe Brady
for forging John Wadin's name
to check for $12 and cashing
the same at the Old Plantation,
Brady acted as his own attorney
in very ingenious manner, but
the evidence was conclusive and
the jury returned a verdict of
guilty as charged-sentenced to
the Florence prison for term
Of two years.
In the civil case of James
Hodges VS.. Paul Moretti, suit to
recover $500, which was held by
Moretti as stakeholder in a race
between the Mayhem and Hodges
horses, in which Moretti refused
to turn over the money until it
was determined who was entitled
to the bet, judgment was rem
dered in favor of the plaintiff.
This race was run in West Yuma
last September and the affair
ended in dispute.
Territory of Arizona VS.. Carl
Bishop, Robert Bishop, Tony
Seely and Miguel Villa, charged
with the murder of S. B. Sealy
in Cibola valley last August,
upon the motion of the District
Attorney the cases were all dis
missed.
The Territory VS.. Joe West
(colored), charged with felony,
the defendant was found guilty
of a misdemeanor and sentenced
to five months in the county jail.
West stole watch from Colonel
j. A. Ockerson, the engineer in
charge of the Colorado work,
while employed below the Inter.
national line and brought same
to Yuma and was arrested with
the property in his possession.
This occurred about two months
ago. The complaint was bring
ing in stolen property from a
foreign country. The evidence
given at the trial was conclu
sive, but through the able and
and strenuous efforts Cf his at
torney, Henry Wupperman, the
jury brought in verdict of petty
larceny, saving him a sentence
in the Territorial prison.
The Territory VS.. Lewis Boy
Ian, robbery, defendant pleaded
guilty and was sentenced to the
Florence prison for one year.
Boylan robbed the residence of