Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-11-09
NINE CASES ARE
DISPOSED Of BY
FEDERAL COURT
Has Busy Opening Day;
Railway Mail Clerk Given
Five Years in Leaven-
worth Penitentiary.

Five persons had pleaded guilty
to charges, one was found not
guilty, two cases had been dis
missed and the ninth was in the
hands Of the jury at the end of the
first days session of the federal
court here yesterday.
Testimony for plaintiff and de-
PENDANT was heard in the case or
Lorenzo Delgado, deputy sheriff OF
San Miguel county, and mayor or
Las Vegas, charged with buying
two quarts of liquor at $l5 each
from a boy and having them UNI
lawfully in his possession. The
case was given to the jury at late
hour yesterday afternoon with in
structions to give the verdict,
sealed, to the foreman and report
at 9 o'clock this morning,
Corniggia Up Today.
Otto Corniggia, of Gallup,
charged with a Violatiea of the ma
tional prohibition act, will be given
a hearing this morning.
| Lonnie Duncan, a negro, was
sentenced to five years in the
Leavenworth penitentiary follow
ing his plea of guilty to the charge
that he, while in the employ of the
railway mail service, stole letter
| from the mails in each of the
months of April, May, June, July,
August and September, embezzling
the contents which reached an APP
proXimate value of $4,000.
Instruction Try the court re-
| tn % n ttaFHint
of not guilty in the case of II. l..
Stewart, of Columbus, charged with
q violation Of the national prohi-
bition act The case against Dan
Ayala on a similar charge was dis
missed as was that against Lucas
Vasuuez for violation of the Sc
lective service act.
Made Hard Cider.
Joe Cresto and Mrs. John Stall
leck. of Gallup, and Luis Calvin,
of Canutillo, were fined $50 each
after they had pleaded guilty TO
violating the national prohibition
act, Nick Bellino, of Mora, was
fined 500 and costs after enter
ing a plea of guilty to manufac'
turing hard cider.
Inc lOllOWluB ituSi 81 pms
have been brought from Santa re
and placed in the county jail, Sher'
| if Garcia stated yesterday: Bur
Ray, Stephin Sestin, David De
Vale. Juan Del Vale, james
O'Malley and two boy companions
Frank Beckman.
Ed C. Tafoya, of Santa Fe, wa
appointed court interpreter ant
: Fred Thayer and Victor PadillI
; were named as bailiffs. The fol
= lowing men were selected to serV'
e on the petit jury for the presen
l term of court;
$ w. f. Horr, Tucumcari; Tobia
Luian. Taos; Grover Devine, Albu
4 oueroue; c. d. Lazenby, Rincon
I. Thos. Z. Stewart, Santa Fee; Abral
$ Gonzales, Engle; NJ. f. Fifield, Lag
t una: Chas, Conroy, sos South Arm
7 street, Albuquerque; II. e. Achilie'
o Springer; ]. e. Gooding, Farming
d ton; II. L. Snyder Albuquerque
s Ambrosio Candelario, Old Albu
h ouerque; ]. II. WEIGH, Forrest
= Nick Felix, TERRA Amalilla; W.
n Kelly. Gallup; Adelido, Ortiz, SAINT
e Fe; Felipe Sanchez, Santa Rosa; [
C. Clapper, REQ River; Eugen
Gooch, Texico; Paticio Quintan;
Cuervo; p. A. James, Tucumcarl
Joe Maher, Pasture; f. Is. High
Gallup: John r. Wolking, 423 Yves
Marble avenue, Albuquerque; Ge'
E. Allen, Pennington; g. X. Beer.
Taos; Climaco Springer, Old Albt
querque; Abelino Romero, San Al
tonic; John Knox Claphana; Jt
V, Delgado, Anton Chico.