Weekly journal-miner., 1917-01-10
COURT BUSINESS ALMOST RUNS
 LEGAL GAMUT
CIVIL, CRIMINAL AND PRO- BATE BUT NO DIVORCE; CLIFF IS SENT TO FLOR ENCE RETREAT.
(From Sundays DaIIy)

(From Sundays DaIIy)
 Saturday, usually an off day for court business, proved an exception, the orders running the legal gamut, with the exception that there was not divorce case filed or tried.
 Criminal.
 lose Cliff, who has been languiSh- ing in the county jail for several months, appeared and took his medi- cine" which was not less than one year or more than two years in the Hunt rest retreat at Florence. How ever. Cliff can consider himself Q for tunate individual, for the court order cd and dccreed that his sentence should begin with the first day of July, l9l6, which means IT he behaves himself and does not cui up any did does. he will be guest in the South ern State hostelry for only about SIX months. The crime 10 which Cliff entered plea of guilty consisted ot entering a cabin occupied by Frank Thompson and Buster Gardner and filching thcrefrom an old coat, a re- volver. and some other articles of no particular value Francisco Cruiz, who was arrested with Cliff, and also charged with second degree burglary, was found not guilty by Jury, thanks to Cliff. who on the witness stand re- versed his former declarations regard ing his alleged co-parrncr in crime and solemnly avcrrcd that he, Cliff alone. did the job. There was no other course left open for the county attorney who asked that the jury be instructed to bring in verdict of ac- quittal
 Cliff was not tried at the last jury term, but in the interim, has been d guest at the plaza resor, Of criminals where he has added zcst and novelty to the routine life of the sheriff and his deputies and contributed to the gaycty of nations by pretending at times to be insane and indulging in the luxury of writing notes to him self. The sheriff several times was on the point of lodging an insanity com plaint to supcrscdc the ono for burg lary, but just about then Cliff would marvelously recover his reason. Ii was finally decided that the man was not crazy, but just orncry.
 
 the Superior court room a few min utcs before ; o'clock last evening, . free man. He had been in jail since the latter part of November, waiting for trial on a charge of assault to commit robbery upon the person Of one Rafael Tapia An investigation disclosed that the trouble was not as serious as the complaining witness had represented, partaking more of' the nature Of d rough and tumble fight. Ii seems that Humphreys got tired of being an inmate Of the bas- tile. and wanted either to be brought to trial or given his discharge papers. Under the circumstances County At torncy Mitchell decided that justice should be tempered with mercy and therefore appeared and asked for the dismissal of the information
 Big Pine Is Sued.
 The Bashford-Burmistcr Company filed suit yesterday for itself and as the assignee of claim of tine Arizona Mine Supply Company against the Big Pine Consolidated Mining Com pany for the amount represented by goods, wares and merchandise allcg- ed to have been furnished the de fcndant for which no settlement has been made. The first count alleges that the Bashford- Burmfstcr Com pany sold and delivered to the dc fcndant between September 1. l9l6, and January 3, 1917, goods amounting to Sl,7S922 and the latter is entitled to a credit of $l4lS, leaving balance due of Sl,77504 In the second count of the complain, it is alleged that the Arizona Mine Supply Company sold the Big Pine goods. wares and mcr- chandisc between March 2. 1915 and December 3l, l9l6, totaIing S2,07406 Judgment is asked for both amounts The new law firm of Norris & Norris represents the plaintiff.
 Probate Matters.
 The guardian of the estate of David Connor. an incompetent, was given permission to enter into an optional contract for the sale 10 James Lay man for $40,000 for a period of 30I days, the Triangle, Last Chance, Prosperity, Indiana. Golden West and Axtcl patented mining claims in the Verde district The estate owns 43-72 of the claims and the other in tcrcsts are divided among several people, all of whom have given con sent to the option.
 Motion for new trial Of the con test of the will of Ignacio Brazil was continued for hearing until Friday, January l2th. \ jury lately brought in verdict setting aside the will, which was in favor of the business partner of the deceased, and giving the estate to the niece and nephew of the deceased.
 The first and final account of the administrator was approved and a de cree made for the distribution of the estate of the late Caroline l.. Weaver The community property consists of Lots and 10, Block 20, Prescott, and Lots 7, 9 and II, Block 7. Pres colt. \ onc-fourth interest in the cs- tac of Nancy Stephens, separate prop crty. is valued at S9l5.75. Children of the deceased. Cora r. Johns, Georgia Myrtle Aitken. Benjamin " Weaver, Josephine Edith Baohr and Pearl Ivy Wilson, dccded their share of the community property Io their father, Bcuiamiu II. Weaver and Inc in turn