Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-11-12
CRIMINAL NOTES.

There were but four cases before Judge
Duling yesterday, yet the aggregate amount
of the fines imposed was $3.50.
The case of Mike Johnson, c0lored, ar
rested on the charge of carrying concealed
weapons, was dismissed by Justice Creigh-
ton yesterday.
Henry Williams, colOred, was tried be-
fore Justice Cassetty yesterday, on the
charge of assaulting Caleb Blake, and fined
five dollars and costs.
Maggie Williams, co'ored lass, was ar
rested Yesterday by Officers Massey and
Skalley, on the charge of vagrancy, and
committed to the work-house.
VIM. Fox, Will Edmondson and Doc
Burch, the young men arrested Tuesday on
the charge Of passing $40 counterfeit bill,
are now in Jail awaiting the action OF the
grand jury in their case.
Deputy Sheriff Whitaker, of Lincoln
county, placed in the penitentiary yester-
day Henry Bailey, colored, and Robert
Rolin, convicts, for larceny, sentenced to
u months confinement.
Maggie Wilson, Nellie Robb and Jenny
Bilbo are nice colored trio who reached
the city work-house yesterday via the Po-
lice Court, on a fine of $50 each, on ac-
count of their general worthlessness.
Sheriff Anderson, of Shelby county, de-
livered at the penitentiary yesterday the
following named convicts: Jno. Crocze,
murder, i year; Aaron Brown, cOlOred,
HOUSEKEEPING, years; w. III. Wright, col
Grad, larceny, year; Wash Burke, colored,
larceny, year; Jim Wilson, colored, house
breaking, 10 years; Henry Worth, alias
Andy Johnson, colored, housebreaking, 10
years; Jim johnson, eolored, larceny from
the person, year.
Yesterday there were thirty-seven of our
fellow-eitizens registered as inmates of the
city wOrk-houSe, fourteen Of the number
being out on the strees under the direction
of the street overseer. Last Monday two
of them refused to work on the streets, and
were locked up in the dungeon for two
days, when they signified their willingness
to obey orders. Yesterday they remarked
that they believed their time was up, when
they learned, to their extreme surprise,
that not only had the time of their confine-
ment in the dungeon been added to the
number Of days for which they had been
committed, but that they had also been
charged fifty cents per day for board during
that time, thus extending their term four
days.
The negro, Galloway, is getting to be a
chronic case in the courts. Our readers
will remember that he served term in q 9
penitentiary because of his manying a
white woman, and that he Immediately
took up with her again upon being released
few weeks ago. lie was again arrested,
together with the woman, and the two
were fined $50 a.h by Judge Duling, and
sentenced to sixty-six days In the work
house, in default of payment. He then had
his case taken before Judge Trigg on a
writ of habeas corpus, where a decision
adverse to the plaintiff was rendered. Yes
terday another petition for GallOway's re-
lease was sworn out, but at the request OF
Judge Duiing the hearing Of the case was
postponed until 10 A. NJ. to-day. The
case will be argued before Judge Baxter,
in the Circuit Court room, Galloway's pres
ent application for release on writ OF
habeas corpus is based upon his readiness
70 take the pauper's oath, but as be is not
required to pay his fine in money, 1t is
hardly probable he will secure his freedom
on that ground. Nine-tenths Of those sent
to the work-hOuse could set up the same
plea,