The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-06-09
IaWIeSs Proceeding.

lud6AAuCll 10 the tullOE OF bLt 1Ee1S,
in his issue Of last Friday, makes a mis-
take in saying that Sawyers a Kauff
man were fined, / deem it proper to
make the following statement In the
first place have no partner whatever,
and no one but myself was fined on the
charge indicated in the Press As he
thought proper to refer to my case at
length, and with some earnestness, the
editor Of the Press might at least have
done me the justice to say that / asked
for and was refused the privilege of
appealing from Recorder Shane's YER
dict Thesecond Misrepresentation the
Press makes in my case is the state
ment, that after a short stay in the
WOrkhouse, ] concluded to give bail
and get out This is entirely and most
grossly untrue / concluded no such
thing--tlid no such thing. On the way
from the City Hall To the Workhouse,
was met by friend, who, without any
solicitation on my part, or knowledge
Of the fact, went 10 the Recorders
Office, paid the fine against my will,
and himself brought the papers author
izing my release. l say against my
viii, because / had determined not to
pay . fine so unjustly imposed upon
me | had with me funds sufficient for
settling the fine, but chose to submit to
Imprisonment rather than compromise
the principle of right involved.
In order that my friends and others
concerned may understand the case, l
deem it just to myself to state the facts
as they occurred. On the I'd of this
month a lad applied at my Saloon, No.
80 Union street, for employment. This
was on Wednesday, and l agreed to
give him situation, and he came the
next day TO work On the same morn
ing, while the lad was engaged in the
saloon, but not serving customers as a
clerk or bartender, police officer came
in and enquired his name, and asked
him if it was not Clark. he replied
that il was not Clark, but informing the
officer that his name was Julius Saw
yers The officer then asked me if /
had not had a clerk named Clark EN-.
ployed as late as Wednesday, the day
before. | informed him | had not. He
then asked me if the young man Saw
yers, had been sworn in as my bar
keeper, and ! told him that he had not
The officer replied that if he had not
been sworn in he had no business be
hind the bar.
] told him he could not serve gentle
men with water and cigars without 90
ing behind the counter, and he had
never served any with liquors or beer
lie then summoned me TO appear be-
fore Recorder Shane. saying that he
himself had not informed against me,
but that information was lodged bv a
soldier. Next morning a soldier exam
med in the case, swore that on the pre-
vious Wednesday (the day before the
lad came TO mel he got three glasses Of
beer at different times from CLARK at No
a Union street On Wednesday morn
ing "A young man named Clark was en-
-ployed at the saloon of Mr.. Holster.
A. Union street, and the Recorder
could have beer so informed had he
been disposed to listen to truth on the
trial. he now sees his error, and his
sense Of right as well as his knowledge
of duty, willprompt him, l trust, to do
me the Justice every citizen has the
right to claim at his hands.
After my release from the workhouse,
nv lawyer called upon the Recorder
and desired new trial, in order that
the mistake above referred to might be
corrected. Recorder Shane consented,
and the case was again tried on Mon
day the 9th inst. On the second trial
was very much surprised TO see that
the witness upon whose testimony the
case rested Tuesday morning, was not
introduced In his place, however
there stood up the police officer, who
had said 10 me that he knew nothing
about the case, and had not informed
against me. This mysterious shifting
of witnesses looked little like resort
ing to tricks to make a case against me
al all risks, and ] was much surprised
10 see that the evidence was taken
without the witness being qualified.
The case was decided as before.
The wrong done myself and others
by the municipal authorities of Nash
vile, who seem solely bent upon making
money, begins to create the inquiry
how long will the people of this city
have to submit TO the DEGREES of these
almost selEconstituted Police Judge
and Policemen. The record is against
them. and convicts them of q willing
ness to Join any party TO get, and keep
place. Even were the French Emper-
ors forces to get here tomorrow, in
armed occupation. they would swear TO
support his empire and learn to talk
his language, if he would Just let them
keep their places Are these proper
persons to be entrusted with the guar
dianship Of life and property, and to
sit in Judgment upon other mems &C
tlons P. J. KAUFMAN