| Show MEXICAN PLEADS GUILTY TO epifanio mexican will be sentenced to serve from one to ten years in the state for ano homicide of frank E chavez at castleton cn last october 9 on saturday afternoon he pleaded guilty io voluntary manslaughter and judge dilworth woolley will pronounce sentence next monday trial of the case against came to an abrupt halt saturday after the state had introduced about one half of its evidence when district attorney F W keller filed an amended charging the defendant with voluntary manslaughter by the killing of chavez while in la sudden heat of passion to this information immediately pleaded guilty and the jury which had been drawn to try the defendant on a first degree murder charge was dismissed judge woolley will pronounce sentence april 19 the penalty being from one to ten years in the two complete days were required to a jury satisfactory to both sides two kenires venires of jurors were summoned the defense using all ten of its peremptory challandes chal langes and the state using eight the following jury was finally sworn in charles bingham W J murphy A T tom trout john F shafer jesse maxwell george beeson H F arnot john A johnston albert maxwell west hammond and A D holyoak about a day had been spent in examining states witnesses before the amended information was filed and the dependant deen dant permitted to plead to the lesser charge of manslaughter the criminal calendar was completely cleared of cases saturday evening when district attorney keller filed a motion ta dismiss the grand case of the state vs domrique Dom mique and laucht and pier etcheverry this motion was made pursuant to the written request to district attorney keller and county attorney by john jackson and albert beach whose property the defendants were alleged to have stolen mr jackson represented that he felt that he would likely incur heavy financial loss if the case should be prosecuted stating that he is the only cattleman now left on his range mr beach concurred in mr jacksons request for a dismissal the prosecuting officers declared in a written statement filed in support the motion that in view of the reluctance of i states witnesses to testify it was improbable that sufficient evidence could be secured to obtain a condic ton saturday evening the yourt adjourned until april 19 at which time the case of john peterson and wife vs the moab light al 51 company a jury case is set for hearing it was stated in court that negolia owns are pending for a settlement of the suit and the action may be dismissed when court convenes reconvenes re in the case of M W geer sons vs H G ballard a motion to quash service of toms on ballard was granted and the case now stands merely as a trial of the right of plaintiffs to a deed which is held in escrow at the first national bank th matter is set for hearing on april 20 I 1 ohp court left monday morning for monticello to hold the san juan tarm juda e woolley and court reporter alder will return to moab saturday or sunday |
