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LIBERTY STJustice of Peace at Naco Is of Opinion That Teiritory Does Not Sustain Charge Made By Brandon.J9pecUI to Review.)NACO. May II.—The preliminary 1 examination of E. P. Sparrow, charged with perjury by Dr. O. W. Brandon, arising out the evidence alleged to I have been given before the grand jury at its recent session in Tombstone, at which time an Indictment was returned against Dr. Brandon, charging him with libel, was called before Judge Telaferio at 10 o'clock this morning and resulted in Sparrow being discharged.I Nearly all memlws of the late grand Jury were subpoenaed as witnesses. The first tilt in the case came when Attorney Richardson asked the court to issue a Rubpoeca for Dr. Brandon and compel him to produce the copy | of ^be indictment upon which the rlt;Vrt- I plaint was ba?ed. The court at first refused the request, but later, upon the advice of Assistant District Attorney Ross Issued the necessary paper.The complaint charges Sparrow with having testified before the grand jnn-that no officers nf the company wert*arrest* d in M« xJro or were ever fugitives from Justice, and that one S. T. Bisbee had never been arrested in Mexico and jumped hi* hall, end wa* a fugitive from jUHtlce,The first wltne** called was George Dimti. one of the members of the grand jorv. He was asked whether or tioi Mr. Sparrow had testified in retard to Mr. Bi^bee's arrest in Mexico. The witness replied, that as far as he r« nembered h*- dlil not hear the name of Risbee mentioned, i Fred Fuss and A. 0. Curry, also 1 members of the grand Jury, were then called, the latter stating that in giving testimony Sjwirrow stated that BiKbee t* ntn- vu mentioned and that he swore thst Birtbee had never been arrested in Mexico but the former failed ui MW9Dl»r that anv soch teaUmony was *h*o. or Btabcws name mention.Other members of the grand Jar^ j failed to remember that the name of (Bis**** had been 0ientJon*d. the most of them so testifying. ,tIt was very evident from the evidence adduced at the pralimloarv ex-■vnInst ion that some member of the grand jnrv was guilt r of violating his onUt sod had dlvnlred some of the proceedings of that bodv. aad It may n***u!t In mono steps being taken in the matterJndre T-lerferio. after bearing the testimony In the case, ordered the defends nt discharged as the Territory had failed by a preponderance of the testimony to show that Sparrow had been guilty of the offense charged.
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Bisbee Daily Review
Bisbee, Arizona, US
Sun, May 12, 1907
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