Arizona republican., 1921-10-20
DECISIONS IN FIVE 'CASESHANDEDDOWV
 BY SUPREME COURT

Reversing an order of the superior court of Yavapai county, the supreme court in the matter of the application for a writ of habeas corpus by Charles Beaver, held in connection with the murder of Deputy Sheriff Ed F. Bowers on July l of this year, remanded the case for further pro- ceedings.
 Beaver was an occupant of the house where Frank George murdered the deputy sheriff and after the ar rest of George Beaver was taken Into custody on the evidence of the sher- if which sthe supreme courts holds fall far short of what should be shown to hold a person on a crlmlnal charge" This evidence was that the sheriff heard four or five shots. saw splinters flying from the house and later saw Beaver running away.
 In the matter of the application Of Lon Sanders for a writ of habeas corpus, the state of Arizona, appel lant, Sanders being respondent, Santa Cruz county, the order of the lower court granting the writ was sustained. The respondent had been charged with embeZzlement and had been held on that charge by a com- hitting magistrate. The funds which the respondent was alleged to have embedded were the property of a CO., partnership of which he was a mem Der. The court held that the status of Arizona" do not cover the situa- tion; that none of the employments or trust relations therein, (the statutes,) enumerated. comprehends or approaches the relationship a partner sustains to the partnership funds"
 The judgement of the lower court of Maricopa county in the case of Richardo Cauterio, appellant, against the state. respondent, Is sustained. The appellant was convicted of the murder of sa woman in this county by driving a knife into her temple after night of watching. Brush ing aside an assignment of error that the verdict was contrary to the evil dence in that at the time of the com mission of the crime it was shown that the defendant was not rational. the court said: From the facts we are not surprised that the jury re- turned the verdict inflicting the death penalty. It would be difficult to conceive of a more coli blooded, atrocious murder than the facts show in this case"
 In the case of Charles L. Nichols. appellant, against A. H. Mcclure and Frank F. Harrison, appelIees. Yuma county, the lower court was sus- tained. The appellant was the owner of a farm which he authorized the appellees to sell for s14,250. their commission to be any sum in excess of that amount. They effected a sale of the property for s16.000. Part payments had been made of the pur- chase price when, as the appellees alleged at the trial the seller and
 
 to deprive them of the commission. the deal having been declared off, later to be resumed between the pur- chaser and the seller on a basis of 1 S15,000 The superior court gave the 1 appellees the amount sued for. That | judgement is sustained.
 In the case of the Silver King of Arizona, appellant. against Edward l Kendall, appellee this county. an ac- l tion for personal injuries. the lower court was reversed and the case remanded. The appellee had brought 1 suit for $50000. He was awarded a verdict for S1S,700, less $27O0 which had been advanced him by the de- | fendant company.
 There had been introduced in evil dence over the objection of the de- fendant the family history of the | plaintiff. the number and ages of | his children and various vital statis- | tics concerning his household which the court held was improper. though | perhaps not fatally so.
 PRESCOTT, Ariz.. Oct 19-Charles Beaver, whose application for a writ l of habeas corpus was denied by the Yavapai county superior court and on whose appeal the state supreme ! court today reversed the order of the 1 lower body. has been at liberty now for a number of weeks. He was re- | leased from custody and the charge against him was dropped the day after Frank George was convicted of having murdered Undersheriff Ed Bowers, in connection with whose | death Beaver also was held.