La Junta tribune., 1915-10-23
DISTRICT COURT.


All but Three Prisoners Eater Pieas
Of Guilty. and Trial Cases Ars
observation-disclosures Imposed.
The district court convened for the
regular October term last Monday
morning. Judge Rizer presiding. and
the Jury summoned for the term be-
Ing In attendance. The morning
hours OF Monday were taken up il
arraigning prisoners. about a dozen
males. and one female OF the Mexican
persuasion. being lined up inside the
rail- that separates the lawyers and
the court officers from the common
herd Of humanity.
All the prisoners arraigned. with
the exception of three, were Mexi-
cans, and all but two entered plea
of guilty to the crimes with which
they were charged, after the infor-
nations had been read to them.
One OF the Mexicans, who was
charged with rape. entered plea OF
guilty. but changed his plea to not
guilty when Judge Rixer informed
him that II he persisted In his plea OF
guilty Il would be In the discretion Of
the court to inflict penalty of from
three years to life term In the stats
penitentiary. The Mexican then
changed his plea to not guilty and C.
c. Hearnsberger was appointed by
the court to defend him. He was
tried last Tuesday aud the Jury
brought In q verdict Of guilty.
Pedro Lomar. . single man, charg-
cd with living as man and wife with
Juanita Moya. married woman. en-.
tered . plea Of guilty. but his partner
In sin entered plea Of not guilty and
was tried by jury last Wednesday,
Hess Z cuckow appearing for the de-
fendant. The jury Of twelve
good men and true. brought
In u verdict OF not guilty late Thurs-
day evening. and the woman was
DISCHARGED yesterday morning. Pc
dro and the woman have been In jail
|popss Kaassnslea pey. e. . r.,
lsoele - -. = y Z = ~ = "a
quilted the Judge decided TO turn
Pedro loose also, probably being Of
the opinion that . month and little
more Incarceration In the Otero
county bastile was sufficient punish-
ment 10 fit the crime.
Joseph +. Wilson. charged with q
criminal assault on n nine year old
Manxanola girl on the eve of Cherry
Pie day last July. entered q plea OF
guilty and was sentenced TO term
Of not less than eight nor more than
ten years In the penitcntinry. Will
son had narrow escape from being
lynched by Manxanola citizens. He
Is rather good looking young man,
about thirty years OF age and has a
wife and two children. He asked the
Judge TO be ~ lcnicnt with him M
possible.
Joe Sandovai pleaded guilty to rape
and was given nm indctcrminate sen
tcncc In the reformaiory.
Binkiey Drake entered n plea of
guilty TO the charge OF larceny from
the person and was sentenced 10 the
rcformatory. Drake WAS charged
with relievcing his room mate Of
$50 In rooming house at Rocky
Ford. lie and an old man named
McCarty had been on = big drunk In
Pueblo. aud came down 10 Rocky
Ford for = grand finish. Drake rob.
bed the old man the first night. aud
Afterwards the old man forged
number Of checks and made his get.
away The officers are stili looking
for him. Drake viii have an oppor.
tunity 10 ponder over his evil ways
for some time NJ Buena Vista.
Manuel Cordova was charged with
lssulns checks on the La Junta
state Bank without having any fuads
In that Institution. Hs issued sever.
sI checks for various amounts sad
succeeded In having them cashsd.
among the victims being George
0Iyssoa. Morgan skylss and spicsr
Bros. He pleaded guilty 10 bsias
nineteen years Of age and wss CIV.
en- . resormatory sentence.
Miguel Duiis pleaded guilty 70
embesslemsat. and succeedsd in -
curiag 80 IL devious ways fron
Miss AudalIa i'srss. Ne had beea
In jail for . period Of thfes months,
and Judge Riser evidsatly thouohe
thls amount Of pualshnsat weu1l
nt ths crime - ~ savs hin . -.
toacs q oae Day 10 jail.
Manuel Ro1ssigues forged ~
aaoe q 7. A. osAee y ~ baek =
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