But the governor's due execution of the laws consisted in retaining them a year or two in nominal imprisonment, when they were again set at liberty. Besides these, other foreigners have been murdered in New Mexico with equal impunity:—all which contrasts very strikingly with the manner our courts of justice have since dealt with those who killed Chavez, in 1843, on the Santa Fé road.


Commerce of the Prairies (1831–1839), Chapter 19 - Ponds and Buffalo Wallows — The Texans

Josiah Gregg Quotes

But the governor's due execution of the laws consisted in retaining them a year or two in nominal imprisonment, when they were again set at liberty....

But the governor's due execution of the laws consisted in retaining them a year or two in nominal imprisonment, when they were again set at liberty....

But the governor's due execution of the laws consisted in retaining them a year or two in nominal imprisonment, when they were again set at liberty....

But the governor's due execution of the laws consisted in retaining them a year or two in nominal imprisonment, when they were again set at liberty....