Bisbee daily review., 1915-12-14
DIFFICULTY HAD
IN SECURING
JURYMEN
Numerous DisquaIifiCationS BY
Prospective Jurymen in Cox
Case Promise to Delay Trial;
Many Veniremen to Be Called.

TOMBSTONE. Dec. 10. tSpeciaD -
Tho work OF securing the jury in the
case OF the state VS. Cal Cox was start
ed this afternoon Little headway was
made up to the time of adjournment
as there were a large number to dis
qualify on the grounds Of having heard
of the case or being acquainted with
the defendant. 1t is very doubtful If
a jury can be secured out of the pres
ent panel TO try the case. All of the
jurors who tried the Scarborough case
We're disqualified Ten special venire-
men were sworn i'm this morning py
Judge Lockwood in. order to keep the
panel full
The case will be heard before Judge
William O'Connor of Santa Cruz Coun-
ty. Judge O'Connor arrived this noon
from Nogales He was here on SaJur-
day but returned home TO spend sun
day. Cox is being defended by Attor-
ney John S. Williams. while the pro
secution is being looked after by Coun-
/ ty Attorney John F. Ross, Assistant
Bruce Stevenson and Attorney Will
/ lam b. Cleary, who We're in the Scar
borough case. Cox is accused by the
information filed as having killed John
/ Clinton by shooting him. The statute
makes him a principal by his being
/ there. as a party before the fact
Should the present panel be exhaust
ed it viii be necessary TO draw the
names of the necessary jurors to fiji
/ the panel and it will take some time
/ for the sheriff to secure them, as they
will have TO be located i'm various
parts Of the county 1t is very doubt
! ml If the case can be completed this
week. II will take twenty-nine quail
fed jurors and at the rate they were
, excused today, it will become necessa'
~ to have the drawing made
Most of the witnesses who were
subpoenaed in the Scarborough case
are being held here for this case
while there have been several more
summoned by the prosecution.
olds Case 70 be Tried.
Mrs. Annie Olds, who is charged
with the murder OF her husband at
Pearce last spring, arrived here yes
terday from Oklahoma City in re
sponse to the notice sent her that il
she did not appear that her bail bond
would be forfeited. The case against
her has been continued from time tC
time on account Of illness It is eX
D. pected that the case will be tried ear
ly in January.
May Not Be Appealed.
There IS a rumor being circulated
, that the case Of the State VS. Scarbor
ough. who was convicted and sentenc
ed on Saturday of murder in the sec
ond degree. win not be appealed The
- matter Of the issuance of a writ O
reasonable grounds for an appeal wal
taken under advisement by Judg,
Lockwood and Is TO be decided Ol
] Wednesday. The application is beni
, made on the fact that the word lis
- was omitted from the information II
3 the charging part The defense claim
, that this is a fatal ommission whil'
! the prosecution maintains that It &
p not
( The authorities differ on the pain
and a matter OF that kind has neve
% been decided by the Supreme Court o
- Arizona II was expected that IN
b case would go up 10 determine thi
point Since the verdict has been r'
ceived and the sentiment of the jur
showing that majority we're in favo
p Of murder In the first degree, ther
r seems 10 be some foundation TO tn
e rumor that The case will not be az
e pealed. Scarborough will not be tai
- en- 10 the penitenuary until the que
/. ton Of the appeal and the writ Of rei
Il sonable grounds has been decided b
e the court.
u Pleads Guilty.
Joseph Cosby. the youth who brok
r the window In the Phelps Dodge stor
l- In Bisbee a few weeks ago and stol
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