The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-06-09
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THE CITY COURTS.

cH0oA WIN q DIICAUdG. ms lucy WCAC
both mere children, Justice Emery
inflicted a fine of one dollar. with q
trihe of costs.
REEpRE 1gsTECE sWALKER7JohR
De6l charged Louis Frederick with
having provoked him to the com
mission Of an assault and battery, be-
fore Justice Walker, and after inves-
ing ,g the case the aeeusedrwas fined
81; .,nE ST45 costs eaThe defendant
ta1l.ed of filing a counter aaf6dayIs
but had not done so at last accounts.
He also inquired what the Justice
would charge for giving the complain
ing witness "a thorough thrashing
bis Honor told him thatlaHhen he
made a bargain in advance he charged
$50 with costs. Louis thought it
would be too expensive a lVxuTysand
concluded he would not undertake
the contract. sI@as 90 s9aasa- nfe g -
..REooRDER's CoURT.-The Recorder
had a gala day yesterday, fourteen cut
prits in all grazing his line. First Of
all came William Nolan, a young
bummeBRhp, to the disgrace of his
good oldrmother, is frequently indulgL
ing in drunken bouts, on a charge of
being drunk, noisy and aisoEderIg,
He was fined $bt0 co. with So 90 costs,
which his mother secured.
Then came James MeInnery, an old
topper, for a like %oIense, and he like
wise was fined 81, with IS Is costs.
Then cameA j. Bower, a genteel
looking fellow, who had been there
before, and be was required to pay 81
fine and So 80 costs. asaa aa4dsu
1sThesnext on the docket was John
Reed, who was not only brutality
drunk, but disgustingly indecent. He
it was who made such disgusting
exhibition of himself on the wharf
Saturday. He went down for g fine
aud s. 20 costs, but being unableato
reach it, he was sem to the lookup,
and will aid in cleaning off the mud
from the wharf.
Patrick 0Riley, a Spaniard we
should take it from the name, was
drunk and disorderly, and was fined
%, with IS 95 costs. which he will be
required to work out if the. city or
the ofieersiever realize anything. III
Geo. Moon, a "tcofored cuss,''
wanted to take charge of a negro NO
mans body by force, and for assault
and battery on the negro he was
fined 81, with s., 30 costs.
A man from beyond the classic
Wabash imbibed too much boone
MCKEE" and was posted for 81 fine
"a 90 costs. ~ A5
James Dawson, Peter Dridenbach,
Morris Hold and Geo. Rice, four
nice youths ia their}teans, were noisy
and disorderly. They tried to break
into a house of ill-fame, but were COB.
bled, and His Honor fined them each
81, with $3.50 costs, which, it is
hoped, will teach themi-a wholesome
lesson for the future.
Abntsher was charged with max
ing a noise and disturbing the peace.
The pfeefwas not very clear, but still
His Honor thought 81 fine and 81 %
costs would make the matter all right
.hAast of all were presented the two
men, who made such a disgraceful dis
play on Sycamore Street, at BOOB yes
terday, and, to their own surprise and
CONSERVATION, no doubt, were fined
81 each, with 50 IS costs. soo5
This is the largest array of case.
that has appeared on the Recorder
docket, for one day, in a long while
.s5iB)E7T115- T
A DEsGRAGEFUL SCENE
about noon bur attention was direct
ed t Q a crowd Of men Some
women c~ongregated on s~the9corner O
First and Sycamore Streets, and al
we approached the spot we saw twE
men engaged In adespeEate fist fight
now and then planting a "sockdol
{ ager" alternately in each others face
: then pulling atleaeh others hair, anc
anon attempting to "gouge out eacl
other eyes out.A' Another ID maj
: seemed to be acting as second t
b0th5and would occasionally. pull on,
away 4romHtheaoth lasAshe =sawlh hin
a slight advantage Ate
r fhis brutal scene had continued Ia