National Republican., 1874-05-16
POLICE COURT SKETCHES.
HOW AND WHY JUSTICE WAS DI
pFNSEn YESTERnAY

HOW AND WHY JUSTICE WAS DIS
PENSED YESTERDAY.
Eliza Lancaster, of the modern house of Ian
caster, was cut in her back yard splitting wood.
She Is one Of those hardy creatures, who has seen
q great many Of the ups and downs of life, but
never before had she been so suddenly surprised
and COMPLETELY defeated as in the present case
The wood was nearly split and she was congratu.
latinR hersef on having escaped accident, when
= stone came whzzing through the yard and
brought up in O hot bed blossomlng with lettuce
and young onions. She slid around the corner Of
the house and peeped out. There was no one visi-
Bile. Long she stood there wondering, fearing,
doubling. swearing sWores nobody but q highly
Indignant wssherWoman would have thought of
when oil at once an CYerKrown rock pranced up
behind and lit on her shoulder. 1t came as though
It had been sent by authority, with extraordi-
nary and plenipotentiary powers. She grabbed at
tho corner Of the house, missed her hold,
and fell a6ruptly into thS rIOT front fence fence
clutch nt another rock, throw it at her
and run. Her shouts for help brought assistance,
and upon examination 1t was found that her
shoulder had been broken by the blow from the
rock. As soon Information reached Officer
KeGrny he started in pursuit Of the bruiser, and
after some search succeeded in arresting him.
Judge Smell recognized the prisoner a regular
offender. and the assault being murderous one
he was fined $50 and costs. or sixty days in Jail.
WHILE MARY HUNT
was passing up Knox's alley on her way to a cor
Der grocery Tor cheese she met Mary Collins
standing by her own gate. 1.-The top Of the
mornin' 10 ye," cried Mary Gas she passed along.
You're another, and can prove it, growled
Mary H., as she turned and confronted her sa-
luter. you're nice duck, you are, an didn't
Pat OHaney tell me this very mOrnin' that your
mither is in the pOor-hOuse,' - shrieked Mary c.
as she gradually warmed up 10 the con-
test. "YOa jist tell Pat O'Haney he'd better
pay me back the butter he borrowed or I'll take
the law of him." hoWled Mary H, as she sud-
denly moved down on her antagonist, at the same
time holding an imaginary Mary Z. in one hand
and testing her with the Sthe5; 1Stand Sd PACK S
Ewape ye from the face Of the airth forever. 7"
Mary Collins said this, and while she was saying
II the front gate swung open and the two exas-
perated individuals met. 1t was Q mild contest.
Mary Collins being o large, sWarthy woman
merely reached forth and caught up the looseness
in the back Of Mary Hunts dress, shook her for q
moment, made her swear, screech and shed tears;
cdmonished her TO keep strictly mum in the
future; backed her up against the fence, planted
the apex OF both knees on her twice; jsmmed her
into the tops Of seven eoni:askaped I1ckets; told
her to he good girl, kind mother aud ahectionate
neighbOT, and then allowed her to depart in
peace. Yesterday quite q regiment Of brawny,
blue-e! Bridgets came into court and en-
sault. But the evidence Of seven pickets, two
bony knees and Mary's kind advice made too
strong . case against her and she was fined IS
and placed under bonds to keep the peace.
WALKING ON PARKING.
Several cases Of walking on the street parkings
nent Of which was VIM. 8. Green's trouble He
was on his way from market it appears accom-
panied by eolored boy-seryant, and believing
tkat the shortest way home was the best way 10
dinner, be cut across lots and passed over the
parking. An ofhcer was handy By and thinking
u q hne opportunity to mak e an example of such
carelessness he tapped him gently on the shoulder
and pointed toward the station house. Green
shook his head and thought it was hard. But il
was not so hard, after all. The fne was only as,
and currency at that.