Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-11-07
CRIMINAL NOTES.

by the United States Court yesterday on
the charge of Illicit distilling.
Ed. Woods, eolOred, was arrested by Of
6cers Pitts and Bolton last night for an
alleged assault with a pistol, and was sent
to the WOrk-h0use.
Abram Patterson, colored, was arraigned
before Justice Cassefty yesterday on the
charge of ASSEMBLING Fanny Fisher, colored,
and fined s. and costs.
Daniel Brown, scolored, employed at
Wood & Simpsons foundry, was arrested
last night ON the charge Of stealing iron
| from the premises. he was committed TO
the wOrk-house to await trial.
Justice Everett yesterday decided that
William Taylor, colored. was guilty of the
charge of illegal voting and assessed fire
against him to the amount OF s. and costs.
John Donard was arraigned before
Justice CasSetty yesterday on the charge of
assault and battery on the person of man
| named Garner. The defendant pleaded
guilty and was fined 81 and costs.
John Fuqua, colored, was arraigned be-
| fore Justice Creighton yesterday on a
peace warrant, sworn out BY John Walker.
cOlOred. The prosecutor falling TO appear,
the suit was dismissed and he taxed with
| the costs.
John Thomas, colOred, was arrested yes
.erday at the instance of Joe Grubbs, col
ored. and taken before Justice Cassetty ON
the charge Of obtaining money under false
pretenses and fraudulently appropriating
pistol. The revolver being returned, part
Of the money refunded and security given
for the remainder, the prosecutor Withdrew
the suit.
Complaint having been made that the
large tenement house on the corner Of
Cedar and Cherry was not kept properly
cleansed and purified, the twelve colored
families occupying the building were noti-
fed to abate tue nuisance complained Of
Failing to comply with the notification,
they were all arrested yesterday, and will
come up before the Recorder this morning.
Immediately upon taking charge of the
wOrk-house, yesterday, the new keeper, Mr..
Brown, sent the inmates out to toll upon
the streets in the interest of the city. Two
Of the number refused TO 60, saying they
would rather take their chances for the
dungeon and its accompanying diet of
bread and water, but they changed their
mind upon having the dungeon door opened
for their reception, and went to work with
out any further hesitation.
William Brannan, colored, occupies a
peculiar situation Just now. He was in
Nashville recently for the purpose Of pros
ecuting an alleged Ku-Klux case, supposed
to have occurred in Rutherford county.
The case was continued, and Brannan re-
TUNED HON. and was soon after arrestedby
the county authorities on the charge Of
carrying concealed weapons. He was sent
down By the Sheriff of Rutherford yester-
day and committed TO Jail here in order
that he may testify when the Ku-K Tx case
is called.
Ii is report ed upon unquestioned authority
that there is now in this city a party Of
fifteen ''Fakirs'' who purpose joining Buck
ley's HippOdrome at Montgomery, Ala.
One of them was overheard to remark last
Thursday-in the elegant language pecul-
lar to the Observation-Disclosures they were
"going to tear the Southern people wide
OPEN" Among the men referred to are
some of the most noted monte men in the
country, and others of the party would not
hsitate TO garrote a man for fifty cents.
We advise the authorities of Montgomer.
TO be prepared TO welcome this precious
set in a suitable manner, and to give them
an opportunity of examining the interior Of
the Montgomery calabOOse, at the earliest
possible moment.
The frequent appearance Of colored peO-
pie before the minor courts of the city, is a
fact worthy of consideration. Nearly half
generation, as TO time, has passed since the
colonel people became free, and in the
meantime they have had all possible in
ducements held out to them to elevate
themselves in the moral scale, and to make
themselves worthy of their freedom, but the
fact remains, as ope can see by close read
ing Of the daily papers, that in nine-tenths OF
the cases coming up for hearing in the
police and magistrate courts the defendants
are of the enfranchised race. As for the
police court, they seem to think il quite an
honor to appear therein, and if one
woman happens to look cross-eyed
at a neighbor for whom she entertained no
special liking, the latter rushes of, swears
out warrant, has the offending sister ar
rested, and is ready 10 swear almost any
thing next morning as she rushes into the
courtroom decked out in all the cheap
finery she has been able to lay her hands
upon. There are colOred women in Nash
vile over whose head scarcely week is
allowed to pass without their being pres
ent at either the Police Court OF one of the |
magistrates courts, in the character Of de- |
PENDANT, prosecutor or witness, and the az
gTegate amount of time thus wasted is fear
ful to contemplate, as each party to these |
suits is invariably attended by platoon Of |
friends.