Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-11-10
POLICE COURT.
Pigs.Feet ON the Half.shelI.


Dennis Polk objected, very naturally, to
L. w. Williams to entering his barber
shop with loaf of bread in one hand and
pigs foot in the other, with view of
converting said barber-shop into a third
rate eating house. Williams was some
what drunk at the time, and when Polk
urged him to take himself and his greasy
lunch out ofthe shop, refused to 60, where
upon fight ensue6. Five dollars each.
| CAUDLEISM.
Samuel Spence and his wife Lydia
Spence evidently do not live together with
that degree of peace and harmony which
might be deemed desirable, as an officer
testified that, whilst skirmishing around in
the vicinity Of the Spence mansion at ''five
O'Clock in the mornin'," yesterday, his at
tention was attracted by a lively alterca-
ton going on inside the house. The par
| ties were arrested, and, though the old
mother of Spence made an earnest effort in
her sons behalf, teStifying to the effect
that he is as gentle as lamb, and that it
was his wife who does ali the "jawin',"
ten dollar fine was evenly divided between
the two.
1t is barely possible that Caleb Phillips,
colored, is
AN INNOCENT MAN,
but the circumstances connected with his |
arrest Sunday night, as detailed by an Off |
Ger yesterday morning, were certain |
ly of suspicious character. The latter |
stated that be had found Caleb standing in |
dark alley, at the solemn hour Of mid /
night, unable to satisfactorily account for /
his being there, and that, when inteTo-
gated, he said he lived out on the Frank
lin pike, but worked at the st. Charles /
Il A. f a1a1r-
ments was made by the officer, and pistol
was found carefully concealed therein. A
fine of SO, was imposed upon him.
George Barker was before the court
charged with vagrancy, but he emphatically
denied the soft Impeachment, asserting that
be is now laying up for repairs to his phys
ical structure, purposing to launch out as
peddler of patent medicines as soon as he
RECEIVERS his wonted health and strength.
He was free to admit that he has been in
bad odor with the Nashville police for
some time. but claimed that he had been
misrepresented, and that he had never yet
been guilty of dishonest act. He pleaded
so elOquently for his liberty that the court
dismissed the case, warning him to find
work at once or jump the town.
"FIsH M'LEMoRE AGAIN"
exclaimed the court, when the well known
form of that irrepreSsible emerged from the
cooler, Il turned you out only last Satui-
day upon your promising to 90 home and
behave yourself, and here you are again on
the charge of using vulgar and abusive Ian
guage. Guilty or not guilty?" "Guilty,"
responded Miss McLemore promptly. "PaSs
her back" and the prisoner gracefully re-
tired.
PRIVATE PUGILISTS.
When Tim Bradley came forward in an
swer to his name, the court inquired wheth-
er or not he was guilty of assaulting and
battering Silas Goodwin, as charged in the ;
warrant. Guilty" was the reply. sand ]
why didn't you say so, Saturday, when |
your case was first called, instead ofputting !
us to the trouble of getting witnesses. Now :
we have our witnesses here and you
'squeal.' The fact is, your mother ought {
TO get you ont of that wood business, for :
you're getting into some sort of difficult !
ty nearly every day on account of it. Here '
you entered into compact, on the Public
Square, TO go out to Sulphur Spring bot !
tom and fight, and I'll have TO fine you I
S."