Arizona republican., 1913-04-23
DAY IN
 FEDERAL COURT
Judge Morrow Kept Busy Attending to Minor Cases in United States Court Many More Pleas of Guilty

In the second day of busy arraigning, the United States district court for the district of Arizona passed sentence on thirty-one persons, three for year in the county jails for sixty day periods in addition to other sentences in opium and smuggling cases. All the thirty one cases in which a ward of the gov ernment had been supplied with husky liquids.
 The mill of the court did not grind so fast yesterday as it did the first day. The reason for this is that many of the cases Were varied in the action from the regular stint of liquor to Indian of lenses. Fortunate Ebpez took up some time of the court by asservating to every question his innocence of more than one offense on the usual charge Officer Charles ODell testified he had arrested the man about six years be- fore and had taken him before U. s. Commissioner O. T. Richey. Richey, who is now assistant United States at- torney said he knew the man but was not familiar with the circumstances of the case. He was sure he had sent enced him but did not remember what the case was. One of the grand jurors, Nabor Pacheco, formerly sheriff of Pima county was called and added his bit of the evidence. In spite of his assestion that it was a brother of the was sent up for year at Atlanta.
 
 nounced on Fernando Martinez who confessed to two offenses and to Juan Lopez who was also shown to be an old timer with a court record.
 The case of George McDaniels was set for May ? and three other cases were continued day or two pending the arrival of attorneys.
 The love of hop was the cause of the downfall of three men, and they got time and money sentences. Vicen- te Ramirez had seventeen cans of the stuff at Nogales when he was caught, having had his children bring it over the border in baskets of provisions. He pleaded ignorance of the law but con fessed to having used his children as luggers of the contraband drug He was let off with a stiff fine of $500 or six months at Prescott on recommen- dation of the district attorney. Mig uel Provencia got six months at Pres colt for the smuggling of a. dollars worth of shen doc into the United States. Teodoro Viesco and Emelo Vega were called and only Vega re- Sponded. NieSco is where. no one knows. Vega got three months at Prescott, for it was shown he had only been mixed up in the business a short time and then at the urging of his for the defendant
 Francisco Moreno and AlphonsO Mo- reno-no relation to each other were called for smuggling. Alphonso was not there to answer and he forfeited his recognizance issued when he was very ill and a warrant was written for him. Francisco pleaded not guilty and his case was set for next Monday. At torney Benton Dick, who handles all but two of the mot guilty" cases, will appear for Moreno.
 Uncle Sam is richer by a couple of thousand dollars in bail which was forfeited by Frank Lees yesterday Lees was indicted with Jesus Herman dez for the crime of smuggling Chas F. Walker, a Tucson banker, supplied $2,000 bail which was forfeited. On motion of Attorney Morrison the bail of Hernandez was fixed at $2,500 in case he is apprehended. Ynocente Rosas will serve four months for smuggling.