Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-03-17
POLICE SKETCHES.

Pat Logan came i'll from Murfreesboro
SATURDAY. he was en- route for Louisville,
but stopped over one day in order to get
drunk. He left Nashville yesterday morn
ing via our police court.
JOHN WADE
said he s.reekoned' he was guilty,but didn't
know for certain. He was charged with
threatening to shoot James Moore, and was
also accused of carrying a concealed weapon.
Both charges were sustained, and Wade
was requested to shell out TO the extent
of S35
TENOR ALLEN
is evidently very bad boy. Little Nelson
Porter was carrying basket of clean clothes
home, when young Allen jumped into
him, knocked the clothes out in the mud,
and then beat little Nelson in a cruel and
blood thirsty manner. allow many times
did he hit you?" inquired the Court.
didn't count the ticks, cause he poured
'em into me so fast" replied little Nelson
Porter. Five dollars.
THROWING ROCKS.
Elijah Giddings, a small boy, acbnowl-
edged that he had thrown two rocks, but
said he threw them at dog that was on
the point of biting him. Another small boy
testified to the fact that Elijah was in great
personal danger, but the woman to whom
the dog belongs secuted at the idea OF
of danger, as she said Elijah and the dog
were raised together, and intimated that
there was as much probability of Elijah
biting the dog as there was of the dog biting
Elijah. The case was dismissed.
gill TELL YOU, JUDGE,
how it was" explained John Bean, a one
armed veteran. 'I'd been workin' hard al
week, in the water a good share of the
time, and Sunday just thought I'd break
out and git me dram and then break back
home agin. got my dram and started
back, but found I'd taken little too much,
and never did reach home" The unfor-
tunate Mr.. Bean was told to 60 home and
guage his capacity better.
WILLIAM ADAMS
said he didn't know whether hdd been
drunk Saturday night or not. '.Didnt
your head ache Sunday morning."
Inquired the Judge, he having
read in I. c. Arthur's temperance tales that
when a man goes on a spree at night he
always has a headache the next morning.
Mr.. Adams replied that now he came to
think about it, his head did ache Sunday
morning. The court was convinced, from
this admission, that the charge was doubt
less true, but thought it best to dismiss the
case.
B. F. PATTON
came in from the country Saturday, set
about getting drunk Immediately upon
reaching the city, and was so persevering
in his efforts that he made grand success
of 1t. The officer who arrested Mr.. Patton
., L. cafI,r,, q
thoroughly intoxicated man than was Mr..
Patton Saturday night. Five dollars.
A FREE LECTURE.
''John Vaughn, you're charged with hay
ing been drunk and disorderly," said the
Judge as Vaughn answered to his name, II
don't know anything to the contrary" was
the reply. Said the Judge: 81 must say
you're the hardest case ever did see. You
told Inc Saturday night that you'd quit
drinking, and here you are, early Monday
morning, brought up on the charge of being
drunk in the street. You may think
I'm hard on you when | send you
down to the workhouse, but ask
you if Job himself could stand this.
DO you think the police of this city have
nothing to do but to go around and pick
you up? Just look at our police docket and
see the number of times your name is
written on it. But then, if you'd rather
work for the corporation than for bread
and meat for yourself and family, it's all
right. He was fined ten dollars.
DRUMS. ETC.
Aleck Porter admitted that he had been
drunk, but insisted upon it that he wasn't
past goin'." Two dollars and half.
Kate Petway, charged with having been
drunk and disOrderly and also with having
assaulted officer Corbett with a knife,
threw herself upon the clemency of the
court, and was let off with a ten dollar
fine.
For using bad language toward Jane Ed
mondsOn, Sallie Washington was mulcked
in tie sum of five dollars.
Mary 8OneS said she was willing to leave
il TO the witnesses, when asked if she had
used vulgar and offensive language. The
witnesses were a unit in declaring that she
had, and Mary contributed Y towards de-
fIaying the current eX lenses OF the city.
MARY BURLINGTON
was before the court again, charged with
the same old Offense. The matter was
compromised by the Judge agreeing TO hire
an express wagon, at his own expense, to
carry her out to the home of sister who
lives nine miles from the city, on the No
lenSyille pike.