Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-16
PoIie. courtA Affairs.

Judge Recorder Winters held a pro-
longed session Of bis dignided court this
morning, the prolongation being
caused by very amusing case, which
will be narrated under this head. Four
teen casea ia all were disposed Of, the
usual fines and imprisonments resulting
from the investigation Of the severel
cases heard.
John Baxter, who was arrested this
morning for an assault without bat
terry, was fined $40.
Peter Robinson. a painter upon whose
person was found small park Of ar
tillery was fined $50 and required to
give bond Of $4,000 TO appear when
wanted at the Criminal Court, which he
did. r
The case Of Henry Rogers, who is
charged with obtaining money under
false pretenses, was continued.
Mike Shean, for an ordinary drunk,
was mulcted in the average sum Of 70
for the fun he had while drunk.
J. Schalchn, n German, for minor
misdemeanor, paid a s. fne. And Mrs.
Beattie, an Irish gentlewoman, for being
noisy, drunk and disorderly, was charged
like amount.
.Thos. S. Davis, who "lifted" one Of
his fellow.beings with bis left mauler,
was fined So.
The interesting" case referred to
above was that Of n young man whom we
will call John Hennessy an amateur
poet, who indited few Inns , Of doggerel
to several females of questionable verac-
ity or virtue, whose abode is No. Al Mar
ket square, and the recipients, four in
number, not being favorably impressed
with the authors style Of rhyme, nor his
allusions to them, to say nothing OF the
endearing names by which he styled
them, and told of their fishing excursion
up Hatchie river, boldly went for" the
poick" and had him arrested on a
warrant for misdemeanor in sending
his attempt" through the postoiliee,
instead Of delivering it in person. When
the case was called, two Of the frail pros
ecutors were thar" and SO we're about
ten or fifteen Of the nice young men
about town, but the prosecuted" had
lit out, preferring to lose his ten dollar
forfeit rather than face such an array of
spectators and witnesses as was collected
in and cut of the courtroom. After
carefully reading the offensive poetry,
the Recorder questioned closely the per-
sons to whom the language used was
said to refer; and while one would an
swer in the affirmative, whether or not
she was Catfish Lou, the Others would
deny their appropriate nicknames, much
10 the merriment Of the bystanders, and
up On several remarks being made by
sew, ,raI young gentlemen standing in the
alley and peeping through the windows,
the j, ldge ordered them to be brought
into court, which was done, and two
fined 8, 50 each and sent into the yard for
contem, 1T, but subsequently the fine was
RENTED and Messrs. - release :.
The prose cutors not having an attorney
unite so W, Ill versed in rhetoric or Black
stone as was Nat Taylor, the attorney
for the defen sc, did not make as clesr
case as might have been done, and not
outstanding hat they positively refused
to allow Nat to represent the person Of
the defendant, they could, by their
winning ways only, induce the Judge =
levy tax upon him for ten dollar bill
which, in their estimation, was hun
nerd too little" and vented their wrath
when leaving Cours upon young scape
goat who whispered to a bystander
"There goes Cat fish Lou" and told the
young hopeful distinctly that
repetition of the whisper would slaI
| his mouth" He wiltcd, of course, ant
away went the subjects of the poetry
with their wrath bottled up, only to b'
uncorked and turned loose upon thu
FIRST person that vex them in the slight
est manner.
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