Bisbee daily review., 1915-12-04
CLINTON MURDER
CASE BEFORE
COURT
Fifteen Prospective Jurors in
Trial Of Ed Scarborough Have
Been Secured; Jury May Be
Completed BY This Evening.

TOMBSTONE, Dec. 9. (SpeciaD-
The case of the state VS. George Ed
ward Scarborough. charged with the
| killing of John Clinton last summer
was begun i'm the Superior Court this
morning The defendant was allowed
to withdraw his plea of not guilty fo-
the purpose Of presenting a demurrer
70 the information which was over
ruled by the court The defendant
then was arraigned and entered a
Flea of not guilty again. The clerk
then called the names OF twenty-nine
jurors into the box and they were
sworn on their voir doir
The first juror examined was J. F.
Dukes, of Lowell. who. after some ex-
animation was passed by both sides.
w. c. Grown. of Wilcox. was next on
the list and he was also passed Frank
Ballard of Lowell was next called and
his examination took up considerable
time, and an objection was made by
the council for the defense on the
manner OF the examination by the
county attorney and the court declar-
ed a recess to look into the matter
and after a short time the eXamina-
tion was resumed, the objection of
the counsel being sustained. Ballard
was challenged by the defense but the
challenge was resisted by the state
and the challenge denied by the court
This took up the time of the court up
TO the noon hour.
After the noon recess the following
We're examined and passed up TO the
time of the next recess: c. L. vii
son. Robert c. Reynard, f. n. Gordon,
William Ewing Gus Haigler. J. n.
Gaines, Harry Eckerman, e. r. Hew-
it, W H. Holcomb. owen Williams,
. G.. r. McCord. F. NJ. Gordon.
Il is now expected that the jury
win be secured by tomorrow evening
and the first witness in the case will
/ be called Monday morning. In the ex-
animation thus far, there has been no
jurors excused for cause or none dis
qualified on account Of having con-
sciencious scruples regarding the fix
/ ing of the death penalty and the ma
/ jority of them gave their views of
what constituted case of murder in
the first degree and in which the
death penalty should be fixed
other Court News.
/ In the case of the State VS. cal Cox,
/ the defendant was brought into court
and arraigned and entered a plea Of
not guilty He is also charge with tide
murder of John Clinton, and the case
/ is set 20 follow that of Scarborough
He has been summoned as a witness
/ for the state in the Scarborough case.
. A special yenire OF eight more jur-
ors were qualified. among whom are
the following Adrian Candy, D. NJ.
Lemons. William Franklin. Edwin
Boyd W, f. Tester, +. f. Hewitt, G.
/ b. Boil and John Mohr. Boyd was ex-
cused on account OF sickness.
In the case of Leroy Malone Ches-
ser VS. Myrtle Chesser, an order was
entered dismissing the case at the
plaintiffs costs
In the case Of Margaret J Barber VS.
/ Ernest G.. A, Barber the application
flor a restraining order will be granted
upon the plaintiff filing bond in the
sum OF $1,000
Sentence has not yet been pronoun-
ced in the Messenger case and will
probably not be done for several days
yet Il is understood that when the
time arrives motion for a new trial
and other motions will be made and II
they are denied, notice of appeal will
be given.
There has been no further move
made in the Aaron case and no word
has been received here as to whether
or not the application for a writ OF
habeas corpus had been applied for in
Tucson today OF not. Aaron was very
bitter last night in his announcement
Of the witnesses who testified against
him as well as the jury that found
him guilty. The case will no doubt Be
appealed.
Capture More sootessers.
Sheriff Harry Wheeler returned last
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