National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-02-04
POLICE COURT SKETCHES.
HE HAD BEEN sEIlINo LIQUOR

HE HAD BEEN SELLING LIQUOR
without . license, had, Mr.. Deenan, and this was
the eause Of his trosbls and the intensely sntsr-
esting case at the Police Court yesterday. And In
,sstics to the counsel for the defence e must BE-
interest had i not been for his gntirtnE energy
and skill The defending counsel has seen, per
Sssed nam yi1 an a%oss nous
tscAe Of decidedly delicate ccnstitutaon. Whthal
he's fine looking boy and clever e nis o9sness
was rowing about the courtroom earnestly On
yagsa WIKI his csss. when the reporter Of THH
Ma1,oxa, t snt: s, ana o tS0f ns
oariy-headed COUNSEL Immediately attracted his
attention. He was making . mastery effort TO
activity was apparently altogether too lively Cor
his mental He would nervously dive ct the nj.
ready confused witness like recently pro
irrelevant es.:oas and them suddenly aside Sado
into calm, and ask his honor the Judge, 'tif %
and e wasn't . and more @. md On resolving .
would again break forth In MIXED and compound
sentsncea which evinced much depth Of thought
lis 10y hi client ss oGsct
moment, and while deeply engaged In the pro-
found examination Of q ignorant witness no
ana " s
through his mind the various erimes Of his past
that could have possibly given rise to this sudden
and abrupt demand of the excited counsel for the
1t &:
It; his discretion forbade IT. and he merely jumped
vigorously from that chair out ofrespect ofccarss
the nearest corner out Of his way, and patiently
waited for events. It was sublime sight to
see that .eaiG1s young isMyes II his gymsassi nc
reporter he smacked his lips and hurled himself
carelessly into the chair, and wheesed and
scratched his head and tore up bits Of and
pulled and darted out Of the chair to explain Q
technical point, and eIpounded the Law and
again into the chair with thud and grunt,
amid the profound admiration and suppressed
pity of the court. After the case had been de-
then Withdrew from the room, to engage in other
and perhaps more fortunate duties.
AvIcIous Doe -,
Is kept by David K. Smith. He will stand in the
front yard and demand passports from every ono
sobs eli night and then gets up in the morning ali
up the sag in some passing strangers pants, Or
convulsions. He was never known to be . con-
sentative one moment Of his life, always being
found radically on the ofensive, and bitter In the
Where that dog board: IL HSss .Ss beast game game
some very animated and boisterous remarks. He
or religious matters, but made his remarks Of o
personal character, and applied every word Of
them to the trembling and affrighted man.
James looked Wildly about for assistance,
but none was in sight. He tried to per-
suade the dog that he was in entire sympa-
thy with him and his species, but that no
had not got time to talk abouttt and urged the
animal to let him pass along. All the while he
wished in the depths of his heart that he WAS the
sole proprietor Off shotgun factory or Of tor
pedo mill. The dog tn the meantime became
more and more abadve In his language, calling |
him AZ the names 10 could turn BIS tongue .
Ryaq With the snpppish air Of . dyspeptie judge.
James thought OF tie manifold opportunities that
be had had to kill that dog, but which be haG nd.
and tried Tainly to conceive some node Of escape
To go ahead was madness, to jump the fence dan
gerous, and to pick up stone was doubtful, but |
he gave himself the benefit Of the doubt, and was
Just in the act Of seising neighboring rock |
near the hip and both howled. The mans howl
was the most searching and heartfelt. 1t WAS
like the startled yell Of one about to pass through
The intricacics of threshing machine. After the
log had masticated the greater portion of his hip
yam laid perfectly STILL while thedog stood over
him and watched his hurried breathfngs, ready to
ire to rise. How long the deg would have kept
yua-d had no assistance come to the suffering |
nan was not definitely determined, but . few
rocks from passcr-by sent the dog
'clping into the yard and the agonized man hob
lied to the Police Court and related his story,
yhercup0n the dog was ordered to be shot or Q |
Inc Of SIS be imposed upon its master.
SARAH BANNIsTER
assaulted VIM. G. Riggs, but she tainted before |
he case came on, and HoHe proseqai was en-
cred.