Isaac Givens (Justice of the Peace, Grant County)
[1] - mentions warrant to I.
[2] - mentions "Justice Givens’ court" in 1891, Joe Rice case.
[3] - "Justice Givens" in 1891, Geo.
[4] - "Justice Givens" in 1888, Bessie Harper bound over.
[5] - "Judge Givens" in 1891, preliminary trial of Barney Kerr and Peter Mungall.
[6] - "Judge Givens" in 1891, Mrs.
[7] - "Justice Givens" in 1891, prisoners brought before him.
[8] - "Justice Givens" in 1888, inquest.
Then narrative: in 1888 he bound over Bessie Harper for assault [4] and held an inquest [8]. In 1889 a warrant was issued to him [1]. In 1891 he heard cases including Joe Rice [2], Geo. Hudson [3], preliminary trial of Barney Kerr and Peter Mungall [5] and set bond for Mrs. Mary Luke [6], and presided over prisoners who waived examination [7].
In 1888, Justice Givens bound over Bessie Harper after an assault [4] and held an inquest whose jury found death intentional [8]. Givens for $42.80 [1]. In 1891, his court fined Joe Rice for discharging a firearm in Hachita [2] and fined Geo. Hudson for fast riding [3]. That same year, he presided over the preliminary trial of Barney Kerr and Peter Mungall on Tuesday and Wednesday [5], set bond at $1000 for Mrs. Mary Luke on a poisoning charge [6], and heard other prisoners who waived examination and were held under $3000 bond [7].
The chunks [2], [3], etc. all refer to "Justice Givens". So: "Isaac Givens was a justice of the peace in Grant County, New Mexico, whose court handled criminal cases and preliminary hearings in the late 1880s and early 1890s [4][2][3][5]." That's four chunks.
LEAD: Isaac Givens served as a justice of the peace in Grant County, New Mexico, during the late 1880s and early 1890s, handling a variety of criminal cases and preliminary hearings [4][2].
In 1888, Justice Givens bound over Bessie Harper after an assault [4] and held an inquest whose jury found death intentional [8]. Givens for $42.80 [1]. In 1891, his court fined Joe Rice for discharging a firearm in Hachita [2] and fined Geo. Hudson for fast riding [3].
Sources
- Warrant No… (1890)Warrant No. 545, issued February 3, 1889, to I. Givens, for $42.80, appears on the bond record, page 1, opposite bond No. 5, as having been issued for $48.40. This warrant does not appear on the Treasurer’s …
- Joe Rice, who fired off his pistol in the… (1891)Joe Rice, who fired off his pistol in the settlement of Hachita a short time since, hear- ing that Sheriff Lockhart wanted him, came in on Monday, surrendnered himself, entered a plea of guilty in Justice Given…
- Geo… (1891)Geo. E. Hudson, better known as Frenchy, was arrested on Monday morning for fast riding through the streets. He was tried before Justice Givens and contributed $10 and costs to city finances
- Bessie Harper, who waylaid and assaulted… (1888)Bessie Harper, who waylaid and assaulted Ruby Fowler, was bound over by Justice Givens to await the action of the grand jury. Bessie assaulted her victim with a stone tied up in a towel, and after knocking Ru…
- Barney Kerr and Peter Mungall, the par-… (1891)Barney Kerr and Peter Mungall, the par- ties accused, were brought into town by the officers and lodged in jail. Their preliminary trial was held before Judge Givens on Tuesday and Wednesday.
- A Serious Charge (1891)A Serious Charge Wednesday evening about 5 o’clock, Mrs. Mary Luke, wife of Thomas Luke, was arrested on a warrant sworn out by her husband on the charge of attempting to poison him. She was placed under bond …
- nor made any attempt to escape… (1891)t states that there is positive evidence to convict each of the prisoners on a dozen charges and that others will be arrested as accessories; that they have a vast amount of information unknown to the thieves. …
- in court and the case was dismissed… (1888)in court and the case was dismissed. An in- quest was held by Justice Givens yesterday, the jury being composed of James McQuarrie, R. Mawson, G. F. Bowen, O. E. Colby and Geo. White. The verdict of the jury…