The Coolidge examiner., 1940-11-21
Superior Court
Now In Session
AtCounty Seat
Alton Loper of Casa Grande
Sentenced For 10
Year Term
BY Dorothy Fulton
Especial to The Examiner)

NOPSNAdi W L hC
Florence-The last jury session
of the Pinal county superior court
to be held by Judge e. w. McFar-
land, Arizonas senator-elect, was
commenced Tuesday, Nov. 12,
with a docket of seven criminal
cases and three civil cases.
On Tuesday Alton Loper, 27, of
Casa Grande was convincted of
assault with a deadly weapon on
Juan Adam Of Cocklebur last July
13 at Casa Grande. Loper, who
was released from the Texas
state prison at Huntsville, on Jan.
10, after serving a two year term
for possession of heroin, had just
finished serving a 6O-day term in
the Pinal county Jail for disturb
ing the peace when he committed
the crime of which he was convict
ed
He was sentenced to the Arizona
state prison for a term of 10 years
and one day by Judge Mcfarland
last Wednesday, and was i'm
mediately taken to the prison by
the sheriff.
On Wednesday the jury brought
in a verdict of guilty in the case
of the State of Arizona VS. Joe Nc
Raven, who was charged with forg-
ing an $18 check on the account
Of Arthur Thomasson. Sentencing
McRaven, who has a long criminal
record in Oklahoma, has been de-
ferred until some time this week.
Court was recessed Thursday
due to settlement out of court
of civil case.
Charles John, member of Je-
hovah's Witnesses religious sect,
was found guilty by Pinal coun-
ty jury Friday of violating a Casa
Grande ordinance prohibiting the
selling of pamphlets. and books
on the street without license. He
was sentenced to pay fine of $50
or serve SO days in jail. Charles
Clark of Phoenix, attorney for
JOHN, announced that the case
would be appealed to the Arizona
supreme court. JOHN was released
in custody of his attorney until
$500 bond could be posted.
John testified that he could
not ask permission to do any
thing except as Jehovah COM
mands him, and for that rea-
son did not apply for a license.
Ernest Gray, about 80 years old,
was found guilty by the jury on
Saturday afternoon, after 20
minutes deliberation, of a charge
of hit-run driving in connection
with an accident last Sept. IA on
highway "a, between Toltec and
Eloy, in which one man was in
jured fatally and five others were
hurt less seriously.
Daniel Presly, colored, died two
days after the accident of injuries
which he suffered in the crash.
Five other men also co1ored, all
suffered broken legs.
Gray was charged with hav-
ina sideswiped a truck In
which the coIored men were
riding and then having left the
scene of the accident without
stopping. Sentence has not
been pronounced.
The docket for the rest of the
term will include the cases OF Tom
| Colialis, alias Tom Collias or
Oracle, charged with assault with
a deadly weapon On Alfred Ortiz
in Oracle on April %, and of Phil
R. Schumacher and William Gates,
state prison convicts, charged
with grand theft as a result or
the theft of the car of R. P. An
derson, state prison auditor, on
Aug. "a. The defendants, who
gagged Mrs. Anderson before TAX
ing the car, were captured soon
after their attempt to escape.
The following Coolidge men
were called for jury duty for this
term of court: R. ]. Edwards, l..
C. Taylor, Harold Fl. Fowler, John
L. Sims, Sam Taylor, E. M. Gam
mage, J. Boyd Smith, Milton T.
Patterson, Silverio Medina. WIFI
Burns, L. H. Blackwood, W. N.
Johnston, R. R. Rawls, Thos. r.
Hardaway, Shas. H. TreadWay and