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Trials of Marley Cattle Case and Payoff Schemes Revealed
The 1911 Marley cattle theft trials in Holbrook and related appeals reveal how jurors saw the brand dispute with the 7barT mark. Prosecutor Elias Clark used a horsehide exhibit with electric light to prove a jaw bar aiding conviction. Civil suits for damages totaling 50,500 sought to recoup losses, funded by a Holbrook banker as conservator, shaping a final punitive phase years later.
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Arizona
J. W. Marley and Sons
Marley
Holbrook
Arizona Supreme Court
Walter Shute
Globe
J. E. Jones
Henry Ashurst
United States
Elias S. Clark
Territorial
State Supreme Court
Texas
Gibbons
Clark
Jones
Mr. Jones
Shute
W. H. Burbrage
Marleys