Arizona republican., 1913-10-25
SENTENCE WAS
 HIS SALVATION
Aged Man Sees No Other Way to Get to Globe Than to Take Ninety-Day Sen tence for Dispensing Fire water-COurt News

Joseph Roberts, the court decides you are guilty of the offense charged and as a punishment for your act sen fences you to serve term of sixty days in the Gila county jail and to pay fine of $1oO and you must remain in confinement until the fine is paid
 Those words fallig from<the lips Of Judge Sawtelle of the federal court yesterday were a blessing rather than a prison sentence to Josejh Roberts, old, weakened and ill, a penniless wan derer with no home or friends except a few distant relatives in Globe. He was set aside with two young boys, who were to be reprimanded and dismissed, classed with them on account of his age his appearance and his obvious weakness. The court tried to dismiss him. The governments attorney moved to forget the indictment. But when the court was faced with the problem of providing for the old man he was turned loose in Phoenix. On his own statement, he preferred to re- ceive the jail sentence, as that was the only way he could get to Globe where he has friends awaiting him. with promise to keep him. So in this case the sentence was charity and not punishment.
 Two others received the benefit of being young in Judge Sawtelle's digni- field police court yesterday, H. Shep- ard and Jose Domingos. Because both had erred but once and on account of their youth, the judge let them off with his customary admonition to lead use full and valuable lives. Shepard will report his condition in six months, at the request of his honor. who is in terested in all such cases.
 There was another busy day in the United States court yesterday. More so than any day yet. although the number of cases tried or advanced was smaller It was case setting day, and that helped load the justice wagon. Motions were filed in various cases, and demurrers taken, all of which Oc- cupied time and added to the already plentiful duties of the court. Judge Fletcher M. Doan of Cochise county, one of the last territorial district judges, appeared in behalf of the Douglas Hardware manager, w. H. Fisher and filed bond in the sum of $250O for his client. The bond was ap- proved.
  session was the appearance of Joseph Slater as his own attorney in defence of himself on the allegation of an in dictment charging exporting munitions of war. Slater is an American of rath- CT more than ordinary intelligence. He answered his arraignment, plead not guilty and had his case set for No vember 10. This will be the first in ] stance of prisoner at this particular ' bar exercising the functions of an | "abogado for su defensa."
 Arms Company Indicted.
 Among the batch of nine true bills l returned at the morning session was | one against the Shelton-P Payne Arms of ! Fl PasO, Texas, for the crime of export l ing munitions of war Strangely | enough. the grand jury in the federal | court for the west district of Texas , examined the company and found it 1 100 per cent pure. w. H. Shelton, pres l ident of the company has been here as a witness before the grand jury, not 1 suspecting that his concern would be indicted on a charge similar to the one to which he was testifying. {
 The grand jury got real busy with over twenty cases, investigated, nine teen being found strong enough to war , the docket is bringing up the more complicated cases, though the tradi- tiOnally simple ''Indian-liquor'' cases are not Vet all exhausted.
 Marshal Overlook continued. export ing his rogues yesterday, and the con- gestion in the Maricopa county jaiI is rapidly being relieved.
 Some extra term sentences handed [ down yesterday fell to the lot of the two negro box car robbers and to Juan Pogue of Pima county. The case of the negroes almost promised a sensa- tion when the biggest boy accused the brakie on his train of having foisted the blame for breaking into the said car on the shoulders of the quartet of handy negroes he happened to find near. More than one lawyer in court l allowed he would like to see that case tried, but the confession of the twain to having taken certain articles from the car left the judge no alternative. Poque got two years on his record.