New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1867-06-04
RECORDER GAsTINEL,s COURT.

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roX there in the incipient stages may keep
them away hereafter. If it does not law
yers, policemen reporters, and recorder
VIII unite in requesting them to lounge and |
crafty their curiosity elsewhere.
One of the new colored policemen, who |
arrested white man, was in court, but his
testimony was not required.
The first case called was that of a colored |
man, arrested on Saturday by an indiscrcet
policeman. He stated that he came over
from Algiers that day and his little dog fol-
lowed him. Some one told him the dog
showed signs of being mad. He asked the
officer to shoot the dog. The officer said he
had no pistol, and directed the prisoner to
catch the dog and shoot him. but the |
prisoner was afraid to handle mad dog
and declined to do this. Some sharp words
ensued, and the owner of the dog was ar
rested and locked up. He was discharged. |
white man, drunk and disturbing the |
peace, was charged SIS, which, the recorder |
said, might prevent hin from making
noise on the street under similar clrcum.
stances.
Two colored men were arraigned whom
the policeman on the witness stand said
some one (who did not appear in courD
accused of robbing him Of S.. go on
homei can't prosecute the case,' said the
recorder.
A glib-tongued white woman, for abusing
another white woman whose son she went
with to his mothers door, was told. the tcs-
timony being mixed, 60 on: if you want
this woman's son, don't take him that way
again"
white man, arrested for being drunk
on the street, the officer not appearing, was
told to "go on" He went.
A German, arrested for having a gun in
his possession, but no sporting permit, eX-
planned that he bought the gun at auction,
and did not know he was violating any reg
uation. He was discharged, but directed
to leave his gun until he obtained the per-
nit required to use.
A white man for being drunk, the first
otiense, was told, "go on
colOred man, for threatening cOlorCd
woman whose husband he had been, was
| fined fifteen dollars, with the alternative Of
| ten days.
An inebriated colored man, for assaultng
a German by knocking his pipe out of bis
mouth, while another cOlOred man was Leaf
| ing him along the street, got off with ten
dollars or ten days. He had two witnesses,
one of whom said he was drunk the other
| that lie was halt-tight.
A colored boy, with no mixture in his
blood, for assault and battery on another
colored individual, had the option of ten
dollars or ten days. He explained that his
adversary theatened him first with u sledge
hammer or shooting.
colored man, for being drunk and dis
turbing the peace, and endeavOring to incIte
a riot on Saturday night, was remauded for
| affidavit.
A colored boy got sixty days in the work
house for stealing nine dollars from a
woman sixty years old in the market Sun
day, who d" like to have tainted from the
loss OF her finances.
Two Colored women who the officer testi-
titled he saw quarrGling on the street.
Sunday, explained that they were only play
ing, and that when he arrested them din
ner plate, the gift of her godmother to one
of them, was broken. Five dollars or five
days Workhousc.
4 white man. for lying drunk, had a
moderate sentence, but couldn't pay the
bill in cash.
A white woman, for being drunk on the
street, got fifteen days in the workhouse
Il was tight yesterday, but the officer ar
rested me out of my own house while | was
setting in the door,
Another white woman, with an Irish ac
cent, who had only lately come ont of the
wOrkhousc, was sent there again for sixty
DAYS. She went among the prisoners muI.
muring that she hoped the next sentence
wouldn't be so severe
white man, who refused to pay for
liquors which he explained were drank al
bar by somebody else, the bar-keeper
differing on that point, paid ten dollars iu
city currency and went his way complain
. | lllE. nc W Us dIItSICu ny q COIOIGu pOllCt
man, who was in court.
white woman who admitted that she
WAS tight last night tapered off her in
ebration by thirty days IN the wOrkhousc
4 white man, evidently German, sworC
that another white man robbed him of a
coat, shirt, and SIS six weeks ago. He af-
forwards modified his testimony into an
admission that he lent the clothing and the
money to the man " for that day only sc
that he could make respectable appear
ance while he went after some money which
he had deposited somewhere. He was dis
charged, but a co!ored man having an atfi
davit to make against him, he was immedi
ately re-arrested.
A colored man, drunk and using profant
language, was fined $40 or ten days, and
then is admonished "When you get druul
; again, don't use such language IN the street,
A colored woman, drunk on the street
t fifteen days in the wOrkhouse.
Two small colored boys, about ten year
old, fighting and disturbing the peace, sait
, the officer made mistake AS they were onl
playing. For playing the clothes off thel
7 backs" the recorder gave them two day
: in that retormatory institution, the paris
? prison.
colored man, who the officer on dut
! at the Globe ball room said was little vi
l der the influence of liquor and called hir
e rough names, had the option of ftwenty-fou
: hours parish prison or 81 so fine.
2 white man, who spoke only Italian, Il
: for being drunk and disturbing the peace
. and crying watch when he wanted hi
y pocket-book, WAS discharged. 1t appeare
: from his statement, through an interpreter
q that a young man made n bargain with
colored woman for fifty cents, which tn
1 young man could not pay. The prsone
g took out his pocket-booS to pay il for th
e youth, when the colored woman grabbed
e and ran, and he cried watch! ~ The waite
}. came but his pocket-book has gone NJ
e Let him go-he is enough punished. 1t
| his own fault
$ A colored woman, who keeps lOdgin
/ in an obscure street, was arrested for d(
S rauding coored man of the sum of tw
/. dollars, which she received in payment 10
a rent for one of her rooms. She was di
h charged.
# A colored man and woman were also di
r charged for a similar alleged fraud.
d Two white boys, one OF whom said h
r lives on Calliope street, were found on Cani
p street yesterday morning at three o'eloci
. lodging in a primitive style. Ninety day
il workhOu or voucher that they are ne
y vagrants.
n 4 white man, for obtaining ten dollars :
n false pretenses, was remanded to prison
i default of bail.
e GENERAL GRANT AND THE Presidency
y !, The Lowell (Msss.) Courier says that Il
n Washington correspondent Of the Ciuci