Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-11-19
CRIMINAL NOTES.


Justice Cassetty yesterday.
Eighteen of the city workhouse hands
were engaged Yesterday on the Gay street
Improvement, on Capitol Hill.
Anderson Overton and Lucinda Banks
were sent down on fifty dollar fine, each,
on the charge of vagrancy yesterday.
Sarah and Julia Winchester, Ann Porter
and Matte Patterson INDUCED in four
handed fight yesterday, and were afterwards
kindly cared for by the police.
W.D. Medaris, charged with robbing
the mails on the Winchester and Alabama
railroad, was admitted to bail by the Fede-
raj Court yesterday in the sum OF 5000,
his case having been continued.
VIM. Fox, VIII Edmondson and Doc
Burch, the young men now confined in jail
on the charge of passing counterfeit money,
were taken before the Federal Court for
trial yesterday, but the. case was continued
until to-day.
Charles Buchanan, colored, arrested at
the instance of Mike johnson, colored, was
arraigned before Justice Creighton yester-
day on the charge of malicious shooting,
but gave bond for his appearance, and con-
tinued the trial until 2 o'clock this after
noon.
The case of young Medaris, charged with
robbing the mails, was called in the FEEDER
al Court yesterday and continued until the
next term. No testimony was heard, but
the prisoners bail bond was fixed at $1,000,
which amount was easily secured, and he
was released from Jail last evening and at
once started for home.
Urias Cash was arrested on the charge
of vagrancy, last night, by Officers Starkey
and Branch Mckinney. After depositing
at the police headquarters, pistol, deck Of
cards and greenbacks TO the amount Of
SI0.l5, he was escorted 10 the workhouse.
Nick Bailey is a fourteen year old youth
from the rural districts. He came to town
yesterday, got on bit of a spree last night,
and, while aourishing his little pistol
about, was arrested by Officers Pitts and
Bolton and lodged in the workhouse, to
await the opening Of the Recorders Court
this morning.
Frank Carter, the colored youth who has
habit of banging folks with bis Smith a.
Wesson, and who has heretofore generally
succeeded in escaping from the workhouse,
is all right now. As he has a term of
nearly five months to serve, they rivetted
big ball TO one of his ankles Tuesday, and
now when the wOrkhOuse officials want
him, they can always lay their hand on
him.
Pat Keegan, charged with assault and
battery on James Gillem, colored, was ar
raigned before Justice Cassetty yesterday.
The defendant submitted his case and was
fined $ and costs. 1t appears that Keegan
is the day miller at Kelly's mills, on Front
street, and that Gillem performs similar
duties during the night. Last Monday
night the former came TO the mill, went
up stairs and began looking about to see if
things were going on all right. This gave
ofienSe TO the darkey anu he ordered kee-
gan out who thereupon graspcd pick
handle, knocked him down, and gave him
quite severe pummeling.
Sheriff DoSs, Of DeKalb county, brought
in yesterday couple of negroes who were
each sentenced 10 one year Imprisonment
on account of having stolen one bushel of
wheat. Our newly elected Legislators had
a great deal to say during the canvass about
entering upon their official duties, if elected,
with 'pruning knife in hand, determined
to top Off every unnecessary expenditure"
Now let them make their word good and
labor with might and main during
the session this winter to so amend
jurisdiction and prevent the man
who steals a bushel of wheat, or a dollars
worth Of anything else from ever making
his appearance in criminal court, or cost
ing the county copper that he does not
pay back. We have had foods of promises,
and God knows there is opportunity enough
and need enough for them TO be made good
in this connection. The entire criminal
an1a. If fIa,r,aceaa ic n ru,lfa nf fhn nldar
time; let il be swept away and supplanted
with a syetem more in keeping with the
genius Of our institutions and the age
in which we live. Here has this
county of DeKalb been taxed with the
costs of a regular criminal prosecution,
amounting 10, perhaps, hundreds of dollars,
the board and other expenses OF keeping
these men for months, or, it may be, a
year; and then, to this is added the
SherIfI7S and guards fees for bringingthem
to the penitentiary, and al because they
stole dollars worth of wheat; and this
grand old State has never yet provided a
proper mode of dealing with men who
steal property of so small value. Let US
have reform.
THE case of James Ash was disposed of
in Justice Eyerett's Office yesterday. The
prisoner was defended by John d. Brien.
Mrs. Flannigan testified that she had felt
Ash's hand IN her pocket, while surround
ed by the crowd in the markethOuse last
Saturday. She caught his hand at once,
before he had time TO remove it, and called
for a policeman, officer CurTan responding
to the call and taking ash under arrest.
Two other witnesses cOrrOborated her
statements as to her manner and conduct,
and then Ash was allowed to make state
ment. He said that he and Mrs. Flanni-
gan were approaching table together, on
which there were some dressed squirrels,
he being very anxious to buy some squir-
rels, and that, in the press of the crowd,
when he attempted 10 raise his hand, it
struck the pOcket-book of Mrs. Flanagan,
whereupon she grabbed him and
yelled for Waterman. Officer
Curran was present in the
court room and stated positively that there
were no squirrels upon the table at which
Ash was arrested. At the conclusion of
the testimony, Mr.. Brien requested the
court to release his client, as he considered
the affair very frivolous indeed, the charge
not being sustained. The court, however,
was unable to see it in that illumination,
decided the case against the prisoner, and
bound him over TO the criminal court in
the sum of $1,000. Our readers will re-
member that Mr.. Cooley, of the First Ma
tiOnal Bank, had his pocket picked one
night at the Exposition. At that time Mr..
Bradford NichOl pointed out, in the crowd,
the rascal who had done the deed, but be-
fore Mr.. Cooley could catch sight of him,
he escaped. Upon seeing Ash at Everett's
Office yesterday, he was satisfied that he
was the chap who had taken Cooley's
pocket-bOok.