The copper era and Morenci leader., 1920-10-22

GR|ST GATHERED
 AT COURT HOUSE
 On last Monday morning at 10:00 o'clock A. M, the October jury ses- sion of the Superior Court convened, the Honorable J. E. Crosby, Judge or the Superior Court of Navajo County, persiding, Judge Laine being disquali- fled in number of civil cases. Owing to the fact that a : great number or jurors having left the district, the Sheriff was able to serve only forty of the seventy-fve jurors drawn. and this number being insufficient to transact the business of the court, special venire of thirty jurors was or dered drawn to be. in attendance up- on the Superior Court on Wednesday the 2oth day of October. at io:o0 o'clock A. M., and the following nam sd persons were drawn: James Pol lock, C. G. vanzant. Norman Seigel, M. B. Golding, O. A. Hisdon, Frank Davis, J. v Martin. s. V. Norte, J. M. Mason. A. c. Stanton. Silas Brad shaw. Fred Barnett, J. M. Jackson, Joseph Elledge. R. N. Henry, O. G. O'Dell E. N. Bitterman, J. C.. Jackson, Wm- F. Talley, c. B. Marshall, G. w. Warrington, John Roseveare, A. Schultz, E. F. Benham, J. N. Dicken- son, T. M. Vaughn, Charles Bower, E. M Howard, R. H. Knapp, Phil McNair
 The first case to be taken up was the case of Frank Davis and Clyde Barber, vs. Jesse Phillips, being an action in Ejectment. The plaintiffs s herein, on the trial testified that ;he defendant, Phillips filed his claim of possessory right on certain piece of land near Clifton, which they were holding as such and that they bought the improvements on same from Jack Bruton, and introduced documentary evidence showing that such transac- tion had been had. The defendant claimed that owing to the fact that Bruton had left the country, his pos sessory right had been abandoned and that he had a right to file his posses sorry right claim regardless of the fact that the plaintiffs had purchased the improvements on the premises. It later developed that Phillips had filed a possessory right claim on a piece of ground in Graham County subsequent to the Ailing on the piece of land in controversy. The jury, consisting of the following members, P. H. Niblock, J. A. Sellers, L. w. Penn, Walter J. James, Rober: Mont gomery, Lewis Dean, F. B. Ross, R. c. Moore, A. M. Welr, David w Jones J. M Paterson and R. sC. Burgess, after deliberating for about ten min utes, returned a verdict into court in favor of the plaintiffs.
 On Tuesday morning the case of Manuel GalarZa and wife, vs- Christo- pher Cox, an action for damages, was called, whereupon A. R. Lyrch at torney for the plaintiffs herein p:e- serted his motion to dismiss the ac- tion to the court. wh;ch motion was
 granted. No other jury case having been set for the day. the case of Carrie Snow, vs. Bert Snow, a.l action for divorce was taken up and .he jury
 excused for the day. This "a 'e was stubbornly contested and consumed the entire day. Judgment was grant ed in favor of the plaintiff dlsolving the bonds of matrfmony and the court adjudicated the property rights.
 On Wednesday the case of the State, vs Julian Padilla, the defend
 ant being charged with the crime of assault with intent to commit robbery. : The, complaining witness, herein, Juan Munoz, testified that on or about the 22nd day of October of last year, the defendant Padilla invited him to ] drink some beer out of a jug he was carrying and that he joined him and proceeded to a vacant house nearby
 That immediately upon entering the ! house, Padilla ordered Mufloz to give him all the money he had and that when he, Munoz, resisted, Padilla shot
 him trough the right chest. Padilla immediately left the country and was not apprehended untn sometime in April of this year at Douglas, where , he was employed in restaurant as second cook The defendants plea was self defense, claiming that he had no intention of robbing Munoz. but that when they entered the house to drink the beer, Mufioz began to abuse him and call him vile names, and tha. after Munos made a treatening move ! to his hip pocket he, Padilla, thought | he was in great danger of being kill
 led and acting upon this impulse pull ed his gun and shot Mufloz. The jury after deliberating for period of twen ty minutes, returned verdict Of ac quittal. The following jurors sat on the case: w. J. Mason, w. B. Bella my, E. A. Eisenacher, George Drys dale, J. A. Sellers, R. c. Burgess, J | M. Paterson, w. E. Mclaughlin, John IF. Stinson, s. H. Wallis, G. R. Will Hams and A. M. Weir.