The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-03-21

particularly profitable to the city.
In the first place, two lads, one of
fifteen years, and the other of twelve,
were detected in a felonious attempt
to steal pigeons. They were arrested
and lodged in JAIL Yesterday they
were introduced to His Honor, the
Recorder, when the elder of the lads
confessed that he had gone with the
purpose of purloining the pigeons,
and that he had decoyed the other
lad with MIN under the pretense that
he was going to purchase the birds,
and the promise to share the profits.
After hearing all the evidence the
Recorder agreed to let them off with
reprimand, on condition that they
would sin no more in this manner,
and to pay the costs incurred, amount
ing to So 05, which sum was paid by
the paternal ancestor of the elder
boy #'3 j
Isadore Hobbs, a colored belle, had
attended a negro ball, at house on
the corner of Fourth and Locust
Streets, on Tuesday night Isadore,
being toasted by her sable admirers,
became somewhat intoxicated, and,
imagining herself insulted by some
common negro, became belligerent
and virtuperative, whereupon she was
summarily elected from the ball room,
and was picked up by the police and
lodged in Jail. Yesterday she had
hearing before His Honor, who
charged her Sc 20 for her unfeminine
conduct. She then fled an affidavit
against colored ''euss," for assault
and battery. A warrant. was issued
for, his arrest, but the officer was I'm
able to find him.
Sarah Swan, a white woman, was
found beastly drunk by one of the
police officers who are employed at
I the new Turner's Hail. and by him
lodged In Jail. When she appeared
before His Honor she was sober and
contrite. She was stranger in the
city, and had no money. She averred
that she was an honest woman, but
was inclined to drink Not desiring
to send her back to Jail TO be an ex-
pense to the city, she was allowed to
depart.
BEEoRZ JUSTICE WALKER.
was an exciting and naomentous case
adjudicated yesterday In the temple of
justice, presided over by Esquire
Walker. Margaret B sued out
writ of Beplevin against Conrad s.,
to recover two geese. in which she
claimed the right of property The
Constable was ordered to bring in the
geese. A long array of witnesses
was presented on each side. Each
swore positively to, the identity of the
geese as the property of the party by
whom he or she had been summoned.
r. S.. Hornbrook appeared as counsel.
for the plaintiff, and Peter Weier for
the defendant. When the latter
asked the plaintiff how she knew
these were her geese, she replied,
BE gobs, and didn't | cut split in
the right hand feet of aich of EN-?
and didn't I cut off their tails, so 1
did," And when he asked her how
many geese she had, she replied:
And do you want me to count the
ganders tooY = -resaog
Again he asked her why she had
the geese shut up in her yard. She
replied, "Do you think I'd turn them
out in the food to be drowned?" and
many other like amusing answers she
gave, to the great amusement of the
spectators. The defendant averred
that the geese had hole in their
right foot. This proved fatal to his
case, as the geese when produced in
Court proved to have their right foot
split, and Margaret bore them off in
triumph, while Conrad was left to pay
/ the costs, amounting to some $40 or
$50. This should be a warning to
/ people to consider well before they
] go to law for trifes, and be sure they
are right on the goose. /"
An aged gentleman, well known in
the city, who is proverbial for his
good nature and law-abiding char
acter, became so provoked at the inso-
lence and insulting manner of another
man yesterday, that he gave him a
"swipe on the cope " with his fist,
and like good citizen and an honest