The copper era and Morenci leader., 1919-05-23
CREST GATHERED
 AT COURT HOUSE

| The machinery of the Superior court was set in motion on last Monday morning for the May jury session, and the attaches are kept busy early and late. A heavy criminal and civil doc ket obtains and at this writing indi- cations are that the session will last through next week. The first case called was the case of the State of Arizona vs. Jesus M. Padilla, who was charged with burglary. The defend ant was accused of enterting the home | of one Rosa Lumalee of Metcalf, on or about the month of December, 1918, and securing from trunk money and Liberty bonds in the sum of $120O. The defendant preferred to defend himself and proved to be a postmaster of the art, for the jury, after being out but short time, returned verdict Of not guilty and the prisoner was dis charged.
 The next case called was that of the State of Arizona vs. Jesus Macias, on the charged of bfgamy. Defendant herein formerly had plead not guilty, but when his case was called for trial he weakened and asked the court for permission to withdraw his former plea, which was granted, and. there upon, he entered plea of guilty.
 The case of Cipriano Curto vs. The Shannon Copper Company was next called. Plaintiff herein asked for dam- ages in the sum of $35,O00 for injuries received while in the employ of the defendant company at their mines eat Metcalf in the month of August. 1918. Plaintiff was a miner and on the date above mentioned, while cleaning up the muck brought down by round of shots which he had set off the day before, picked into missed hole and exploded same, causing injuries to both of his eyes and rendering him totally blind for the remainder of his life. A. A. Worsley and A. R. Lynch represented the plaintiff, and the de Ifendant company was represented by Armstrong, Lewis & Kramer of Phoe- nix. The case was hotly contested and many important law questions were argued to the court and featured the case. The case was submitted to the jury Tuesday afternoon about o'clock, and deliberated about three Ithe plaintiff in the sum of S15,000. It lis reported that the defendant will appeal the case to the Supreme court. Following the Curto case, the case
 of the State of Arizona vs. Ygnacio lRascon was called. The defendant be ling a Chinaman at the Eastern Cafe Hast winter by the name of J. Wing, Ifamiliarly known about town as
 "Sharkey" Considerable interest is
 manifested in this case, as the defend
 ant is one of three jointly charged of
 having participated in the crime, the
 other two being Juan Medina and
 Jesus Padilla, all being prominent
 Mexicans of the district. The court room has been full to overflowing the lpast two days, friends of the defend
 ants and the deceased in great mum
 bers remaining from the beginning tc
 the end of the days proceedings. The Ijury was given the case at 6 o'clock Friday afternoon, and at the time o was still in the hands of the jury.
 Civil Cases
 The following civil cases have beer filed with the clerk of the court tho
 past week:
 May Thorne. Douglas has filed hel
 petition for a divorce from her hus
 band, Alan Douglas; plaintiff alleging lin her complaint that the defendant for more than one year last past ha: wilfully neglected to provide for hel the necessaries of life, having the abil 7 ity so to do; he being in receipt O wages in excess of $100 per month , also on the ground of desertion. Dav, r w. Ling is the attorney for the plain : tiff.
 Ed Elrage is suing John A. Albrec and Ell L. Mclaughlin for the sum o $500 Ion promissory note which il
 secured by mortgage on a certail brand of cattle. Plaintiff demand payment of tile note and that the mort
 gage be foreclosed. L. Kearney is thu attorney for the plaintiff.
 z Standard Oil Company, a corpora ii |tion, vs. John Christy is the title O . another suit filed. Plaintiff aliegm in it's complaint that there is due an , lowing to them from the defendant tn U sum of $702.24 for wares and good purchased from the plaintiff durin V the months of December and January lTownsend, Stockton and Drake reprt " lsent the plaintiff.
 Georgia Ethel Rainbolt was thi - lweek appointed administrative of tn u states of her late husband, James - Rainbolt, and bond fixed in the SUI N of $3300 Dave w. Ling is the attorne
 for the administrative
 m Marriage Licenses