Weekly journal-miner., 1919-06-04
A TRIBUTE

The writer Of the following IT'D u:e to one of Prescott's attorneys il unknown, but from the context, ap pears to be familiar with at least one historical trial. The matter re ferred to has been covered, but this is too good to omit.
 Honorable James Loy, Leading
 Criminal Lawyer of Southwest,
 Wins Astounding Legal
 Victory
 Honorable James Loy, attorney al law of Prescott, Arizona, succeeded yesterday in freeing four men in the Superior court. Three of these men, Diego Ballesteros, Enrique Estrada and Felipe Cervantes, were jointly charged with the murder of one Horace Harrison, a guard at the works of the United Verde company. Jerome, Arizona. The information alleged that these defendants killed and murdered said Horace Harrison On the night of September g, 1918 After long chase the defendants were apprehended near Campo Verde arrested and then incarcerated in the county jail of Yavapai county. They were tried in the Superior court last winter on the charge of murder. The trial lasted many days, and in de lending his clients Judge Loy put up one of the greatest legal battles ever staged in this or any other state of the Aremican Union. His address to the jury in behalf of his Mexican clients was one of the grandest and most powerful effusions of impas- stoned eloquence which ever fell from the lips of man. Judge Loy's oratorical effort reminded those who heard if of the forensic eloquence of Burke and Sheridan during the memorable trial of Warren Hastings
 He spoke for nearly two hours and by his spontaneous and impassioned eloquence and logic succeeded in raising q reasonable doubt, so that the jury stood 9 to 3 in favor of ac- quittal, thereby causing a mistrial.
 Yesterday the Superior court called the case to have it set for I second trial Judge Loy was on hand demanding an early trial for his clients; whereupon the county attorney promptly moved the court 60 dismsis the information as to al! of said defendants, which the court did. Judge Loy then had an order made releasing his clients from the county jail. The prisoners were overwhelmed with emotion at this unexpected finale, and they and their counsel, Judge Loy, held ar informal levee in the court room.
 In passing it might be mentioned that when the case of the state vs Ramon Valdez, charged with high wal robbery was called, Judge Loy, who also was attorney for Valdez. announced in stentorian tones that he was ready for trial in that case The court ordered the defendant drought into court, when the sher- lffs office announced that said Val dcz. some days previous, had sawed the iron bars of his cell and had precipitately decamped for parts un known. Thus it will be seen that yesterday was field day for Judge Loy, for having successfully vindi- catcd and cleared four men charged with felQnies.
 Prescott is to be congratulated on having such a truly eminent legal practitioner as Judge Loy who Gas was said of another), when thrones shall crumble and dynasties be for gotten, shall stand the landmark of bis ,country's genius-a mental pyramid in the solitude of time, be meath whose shade things may crum- Elc, but around whose summit cter- ritv must play"