Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-03-22
COWS NO EXCUSE
FOR JURORS SAYS
HIS HONOR
Time Honored Bluff Fails to
Go Down With Judge Med
Ter Who Has Another Milk
Bovine; No Cards Allowed.

Especial Correspondence 60 Iicrald)
Las Cruces. \. NJ, March 20-Thut
jurors COW Is at home waiting anx-
iously 10 be MIXED n no excuse from
service, according 60 the way Judge
Edward l.. Medlcr of the third district
court views Il. Judge Medler not only
believes that Il ls better 20 detail
some other man 20 milk the COW. but
he Is also dead against hung luries
and is determined 20 see 20 q that
there are as Few dlsogreementa as
possible in his bailiwick.
Judge Medler has determined that
an Otero county jury viii return a
Verdict In the case Of the State vs.
Holloway, ana gave the jury lnetruc-
lions which held them for a few days.
Holloway Is the ALLEGED Tularosa bank
defaulter, and was convicted on one
charge. when Il came to a trial on
another charge, jury was secured
from special ysnire. and in less than
two hours the jury was completed and
the trial OF the case begun The case
went on without Incident, the evil
dence was nli heard. the arguments
OF the counsel delivered. and tho case
went to the jury Friday The Rio
Grando Republican tells the rest as
follows:
As In very often the case ln New
Mexico, the jury AFTER a few hours In
formed the court that they were an
able To reach a verdict and asked 90
be discharged. The court, however,
delivered additional instructions 20
the jury and notified them that they
would be expected 10 return some
sort OF verdict. one juror begged on
and gave the explanation that he had
q COW which must be MIXED, or she
would go dry. This sort OF an excuse
had been regarded as perfectly leglt-
innate and og sufficient weight In the
past 20 dismiss "a Jury on duty In New
Mexico courts. but Judge Modler in
structed the snerff To- see that the
mans COW was attended 20, aud in
structed' the jury to return for further
elaboration. but. your honor"
protested second juror, Il have a
COW which must be MIXED too"
Mr.. sheriff" commanded enc
Judge. milk that mans COW too. This
jury must reach a verdict"
The jury was unable "a reach a vor-
diet Friday night, and the sheriff
made thom comfortable, provided
beds and good meals. took them out
for exercise, and kept them carefully
Isolated Saturday rendered no re-
suit. ana Judge Medier informed the
sheriff that no would leave Alamo
gordG for Las Cruces on other court
business and that ne would return
March IS That the jury should be
kept In confinement and isolated un-
al that time, unless verdict was
reached sooner In case "a verdict
Mes reached. the Judge would return
60 Alamogordo and receive IL. The
sheriff was instructed TO look after
every necessity of the jurors, and at
tend to all their comforts, but TO
keep them Isolated. Some time after
the jurors retired a request was sent
20 the Judge for playing cards with
which o. relieve the monotony Of the
Jury roam. ''Otgro county does not
provide amusement for the jury" was
the message from the court but eX-
poets the jury TO deliberate upon the
matter before a. and 10 return a ver-
dict Ia accordance with the facts az
sot forth during the trial
Judge Medler has accepted few oN-
cusos In his terms OF court so far,
ana unless iurymen could give a most
valid reason they are invariably draft
ed into jury service. one notable eN-
Ception Is related from the otoro
county term, however. "i-i-i-don't
te-lieVe I can sor-ye on this Jn-ry,
your honor" said one timid looking
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