Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-10-24
THE COURTS

LAW CoURT.-Argument was yesterday
commenced in the case Of Dunn, VS.. the
Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad Com
pany, on trial before a special judge and
Jury. Before Judge Guild, trial was COM
meuced in the suit of Deaderick VS.. Reed,
and the testimony heard.
CRIMINAL COURT. - The jury trying
John Buckley, colored, for larceny, render.
ed a verdict of guilty, and fixed punish
ment ct eight years in the Penitentiary.
Jerry Polk, for larceny, was convicted, and
term fixed at one year. State VS.. Howell
Smith, for larceny, sill pending.
u. S. CoURT-Cbe Court yesterday
divided into sections, Judge Irigg presid-
ing in one and Judge Emmons in the other.
Before the latter, trisl was commenced in
the cases Of williamson and others VS.. the
Directors Of the Union Bank and ABBOTT
and others vs.. the Directors Of the Plaut-
ers' Bank. Argument is now being made
on demurrer. Before Judge Trigg, the fol-
lowing named cases for Illicit distiliing were
continued: u. S. vs.. i. Bradley, James
Crowder and others, Baldwin Gubbard,
4. NJ. Richardson, 3. L. Estes, Frank And
erson, Evan and Clemson and George Boil
ton. For the same Of1euse, a mistrial was
made i'll the case against W. L. and VIM.
Stafford, and VIM. Lawson. Asa Bundlay
and johnson and Nunley, indicted also for
Illicit distiling were acquitted.
PROBATE COURT.-John Brown was
yesterday appointed and qualified as the
Administrator of the estate of William
Brown, deceased.
POLICE COURT.-Business was very dull
in Recorder DuIing's temple Of justice yes
terday morning, there being but nine cases
entered on the docket, and part Of those
were continued.
William Good, who is not so good as he
might be, was brought before the court
charged with having been drunk and dis
orderly on the street the night before. He
was dismissed with the earnest Injunction
to ''gO and sin no more"
The case of Alfred Cummings charged
witt, careless driving, was dismissed.
Mike Geary and Mike O'Brien are a
couple of gay and festive young
butcher boys. That their o.
gans of combativeness and destructive
ness are well developed, is sufficiently
proven by the avocation they have chosen
by which they propose to gain al honest
livelihood and provide for their future fami-
lies. One would suppose that the profess
sion of butcher would, if industriously
pursued, afford to the follower thereof,
abundant opportunities for the exercise of
that spirit III man which prompts him to
"knock down and drag out" his fellow be-
ing, but so far as the two Mixes in question
are concerned, this is not the case, for at
the somewhat early hour Of $3.50 yesterday
morning, when they should have been en-
gagged in the more practical occupation of
chopping up steaks, and preparing for sale
the nutritious, but mysterious sausage and
head cheese, they got into wrangle with
each other, Mike No. l charging
Mike No. 2, with having endeav-
ored to entice away, by soft speech and
willy ways, the customers of the former.
To this damaging aspersion against bis
fine sense of honor in business matters,
Mike No. responded in very emphatic
manner, denying the notwithstanding the
alligator" High words ensued when Gray
brought matters to a crisis by ''handlng
O'Bren one under the left ear; thereupon
the two embraced each other in manner
anything but affectionate, when OBrleI
cut the clothes of Gray in several places
with small knife Rhich he held in his
| hand, when they were separated. The
court imposed fine of $40 each.
Miss Jennie Roach was before His Hon
or, charged with having placed in the mos
frightful jeopardy the peace and dignity O
the city by the use Of profsne and abusive
language, but her case was continued upti
to-day.