Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-06-27
men. PLEADED GUILTY;
FINED THIS MORNING
Smoky Valley Settlers Who Were
Thrown in County Jail Over Sunday
Are Now at Liberty--Case Will Not
Be Dropped and Friends will See That
They Are Not "Railroaded'

is claimed for mining purposes un-
der the local customs or rules of
miners, or otherwise; that no por-
tion of said land is worked fer min
eral during any part of the year
by any person or persons; that said
land is essentially non-mineral land.
and that my declaration therefor
is not made for the purpose Of
fraudulently obtaining title to min
eral land, timber land, or agricul-
tural land, but for the purpose of
faithfully reclaiming the land above
described by conducting water there
on, and that the land is not occu-
pied and improved by any Indian
and is unoccupied, unimproved, and
appropriated by any person claim
ing the same other than myself eek
cept ..... ..........)
Note.-Every person swearing
falsely to the above affidavit will
be punished as provided by law
for such offense See Sec. 1892,
r. S., below.)
Sec. 1892 Every person who,
.iaving taken an oath before a com
petent tribunal, officer, CT person,
in any case in which a law of the
United States authorizes an oath to-
be administered, that he will testi-
, fy. declare. repose, or certify truly,
or that any written testimony, dec
laration, deposition. or certificate
by him subscribed is true, willfully
and contrary to such oath states or
subscribes any material matter
which he does not believe to be
true, Is guilty of perjury, and
shall be punished by fine Of not
more than two thousand dollars
and by Imprisonment, at hard la
Dor, not more than five years. and
shall. moreover, thereafter be in
capable Of giving testimony in any
court of the United States until
such time as the Judgment against
him is reversed. (See Sec. 1T50D
Note-In addition to the above
penalty, every person who knowing
ly or willfully in anywise prooures
the making or presentation of any
false or fraudulent affidavit per-
tanning to any matter within the
jurisdiction of the secretary Of the
interior may be punished by fine
or Imprisonment.
The land that Gregg and Wilson
claim is in the center of the $40
acres claimed by the Pittmans. A
portion of this land was fenced
many years ago, Mr.. Gregg states
that J A. Moore of Smoky valley
told him that he had leased the
Pittman land and was going to cut
hay therefr0m. Mr. Gregg also
claims that there is quite a bit of
| the land within his fence that
Mr.. Moore claims he has leased
| from Mr.. Pittman that is still pub
lie domain and is not covered by the
$40 acres of arid land claimed
by Mr.. Pittman.
About the 18th of April, Wilson
and Gregg received notice to ap-
pear in the district court to show
cause why they should not be kept
off the land in dispute and the two
men came to Tonopah, borrowing
the money to reach this city.
When the case was called the. de-
PENDANTS were not represented by
counsel as several attorneys about
town had informed them that they
did not want to take the case,
as they were under obligations to
Mr.. Key Pittman. Not having the
money to get an attorney, the case
was decided against the defendants
by default, and the court issued
an Injunction TO keep them off the
land.
Wilson and Gregg took the mat
ter up with the land office and were
cf the opinion that the court order
in the civil case would not affect
them and returned to the land and
, occupied their homes on the same.
Mr. Pittman brought Judge Som