Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-04-06
LIQUOR CAUSE OF
DOWNFALL or
PRISONERS
Nearly Every Man Arraigned
Before Judge Reynolds Yes
terday Blamed Booze for
Their Troubles.

Il was drunk your honor and didn't
know what ! was doing az the time,
was the excuse offered By a majority
OF the prisoners arralgned for sentence
before Judge Herbert n. Reynolds
Ia the district court yesterday after
noon. With one or two exceptions
the court did not extend leniency 10
the men who made this plea. To those
whom he extended clemency he did
SO w!sh the parting injunction 10 each
mat they refrain in the future from
Intoxicating liquors and endeavor 20
live sober aud upright lives.
The first OF a dozen prisoners 20 be
Iarfaigned was Frank McCabe, indicted
on charge Of having taken saddle
land set Of harness from the William
Farr company warehouse. McCabe eK
planned 10 the court when asked II he
had any reason 10 offer why sentence
should not DO passed, that he was In
toxlcated at the time he stole the
articles
Drunkenness Is not q valid excuse
for larceny" said the court InQuiF-
lag into McCebe's past a0inga. SIC
Cabe admitted he became intoxicated
frequently. MoCabe wRs sentenced TO
serve not less than one year nor moro
than two years IN the penlienuary.
Charles T. Kelly. the noxt man ar
Ifalgned before the court, received the
Eti1est sentence OF the afternoon.
from three 10 i've years IN the peni'
tentiafy for ateallng hams and bacona
from the TrOtter grocery store. Kelly
said that he had pleaded guilty Co the
accusation bat could not say whether
he actually aid the job. because he
was so drunk at the time that he
diln't know what he WAS doing, have
ing been drinking liquor for ten days
before. Kelly told the court that ne
had a mother depending on himi tnat
he had a good trade and would so TO
work II the court would be- lonlent In
passing sentence. District Attorney
A. Il. Vigil informed the court that
Keliy's case had been investigated;
that q hed been found that he had
been in JAN Ia Prescott, Aria, and that
no had given his mother only 500
for her support IN six months Kelly
went back TO his seat with o three to
ave year sentence hanging over him.
When Preciliano Munix stole q
horse and buggy he had a few drinks
iM MAN NNu NAhW = NN0W 3N"h WW#f -
serious thing he was doing he ad.
mltiod hia guilt 10 the court and ro-
quealod clemcncy. lie WIS sentenced
10 serve not less than one year nor
more than two years In the peni-
Tertiary.
Liquor was indirectly the cause OF
the downfall OF A. lands, who
pleaded guilty to stealing a watch
valued at ti25 from Joseph Smith.
lands told the court yesterday
that the was walking on the
street near the Santa re freight do
pot lie saw Smith lying on the side.
walk In an intoxicated condition
lands WAS broke aud stole the watch
lands said he had worked for the
Santa Ne In Las Vegas, Gallup, Need
les and elsewhere. He was sentenced
% serve one year IN the poniteutiary,
sentence 90 be suspended Nuring good
behavior.
Six monlhs in Jan was the sentence
passed on Rosario juare3, who plead.
cd guilty 70 q charge OF carrying con-
coaled weapons. Jungox had a good
excuse-he was about 10 take train
Tor hid hume IN Old Mexico when gr-
rested ann the court suspended sen.
fonce
Because he has seven children An
drew Martinez received q suspended
sentence % slx months N the county
jail, having been indicted GA q chare,