The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-03-16

POLICE COURT.-There was an i'm
mense crowd at the Police Court room.
yesterday. The great attraction was
doubtless, the expected trial of the par
Ties engaged in the shooting ARRAY on
Saturday evening. But i'll this the
crowd WAS disappointed. Only one OF
the number who had II hand i'll the
row had been arrested, and when he
was called, he asked to have contin-
unce on account of the absence of ma.
terial witnesses. This was accorded
him, and 4 o'clock i'll the afternoon fixed
for hearing the case.
Notwithstanding this great disap.
pointment the multitude remained TO
hear what was TO be heard in the trial
of other cases.
The first case called was that of Mol
lie Spoon, arraigned on the charge OF
prostitution. uer guilt was fully estab-
lished, and she was fined ten dollars
and costs:-Sent to jail in default OF
payment.
Margaret Jones and Margaret Wright
were charged with disorderly conduct,
and each fined five dollars and COSTS
Accompanied Mollie Spoon to Fifth
street for the same reason.
The case of James Newly, for creating
disorder, was continued until Wednes-
day morning.
Charles Hanke, for riding Mt too fast
gait on Zane street Islnnd, was fined
five dollars and costs. (Onicer Rich
ardson is looking after matters over
there. Whoever heard of a case from
that locality until within the last six
weeks?)
"DOns" alias John Russell, for as.
saulting and battering one Michael
Mcclure in a saloon on the night OF the
18th instant, was fined ten dollars and
costs; and for repeating the treatment
the next evening up Market street,
"DOns" was compelled to fork over
tive dollars and costs.
The other party, Martin Mcguire,
came in for his share of police court
honOrs resulting from both scrimmages.
AS he was the assaulted party in the
first instance, he was let OIL with five
dollars and costs; in the other it was
took an X and three or four ones to
settle the bill. Comparing the accounts
Ofthese pugilistic individuals in the two
encounters, it will be seen that they are
about square with each other, and we
guess they had better pass receipts and
quit.
George McAdams was charged with
posed upon and abused boy much
beneath him in size. For this unmanly
act His Honor imposed a fine of one
dollar and costs. The complainant in
this case was a little fellow ten or twelve
years old, and his principal witness was
II lad not much his senior. The defend
ant was mere youth and his witnesses
were not more than in their teens. 1t
was decidedly juvenile case.
The case of William Donovan, charg-
ed with disorderly conduct, was contin-
ued until Wednesday morning.
In the afternoon at o'clock the
crowd again assembled to hear the trial
OF Daniel Jackson, on the charge of
participating in the row, Saturday even
ing. a formidable array of witnesses
had been summoned and were in at
tendance. Their evidence was fully
heard and Judge Good closed his re-
view of the case by filming Jackson ten
dollars and costs.
jackson was then arraigned for re-
sisting the officer, and the same wit
nesses were examined. This charge
was clearly established, and a fine of
wenty dollars and costs imposed. For
these little indulgences in tano1e foot
whisky and bad spirit jackson con-
tributed something over forty dollars to
support the city government. An ex-
pensive evenings work. Such affairs
don't pay.
AT Blond 81 Bachman's, No. 10Y Main
streat thew keen the best make of Mems