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

Judge Duling's levy footed up SIS yes
terday.
Justice Baskette committed Fanny Dodd
to the county work-house yesterday on the
charge Of yagrancy.
George Thompson, colored, was arrested,
yesterday, pn the charge of battering his
friend Caleb Blake, and was committed to
Jail by Justice Cassetty to await trial to-
day.
Mike johnson, colored, appeared before
Justice Creighton yesterday on the charge
of carrying concealed weapons, but his
trial was postponed until 2 p. NJ. to-day.
The prosecutor, Charles Buchanan, color
ed, has been arrested at the instance of
johnson on the charge of malicious shoot
ing, and will have a hearing on the 18th
inst
Ed. Nicholas Bertrand, colored, has been
comfortably quartered at the Jail for some
time past, because the authorities were de
sirous Of obtaining his testimony in certain
cases which were to come up for trial in
the Criminal Court, the impression being
that Edward Nicholas would skip out If
allowed 10 follow the prompting of his own
sweet will. The cases having all been dis
posed OF, he was released yesterday
Martha Lewis and josephine Bddix
were born tired and have not yet become
thoroughly rested, consequently they do
not tackle hard work with any marked de-
gree of enthusiasm. They have fallen
under notice of the police recently by
reason Of their lOafng around "pemiscn-
Gus like" and were fined $50 each by judge
Duling yesterday, on the charge of va
grancy, which was writ opposite their
names ON the police docket.
Daniel Brown, colored, changed his
boarding. house yesterday from the Jail 10
the county work-house. There are two
charges of larceny lodged against him, and
the Criminal Court compromised the mat
ter by giving him permission TO toll for the
county three months for each case, and to
then work out the costs Of the two cases.
Mr.. Brown considers himself safe for a
year and a half steady employment, as the
inmates OF the county work-house are paid
no fancy salaries for their services.
Gov. Brown pardOned, yesterday, James
Knox Polk Davis, Of Marshall county, who
was sentenced to three years Imprisonment
last December. The petition upon which
the pardon was granted was signed by two
thirds Of the voters of Marshall county.
IL is said that Davis offense consisted Of
his having taken a horse, since the war,
from young man whom he charges with
having taken eighteen mules from him dur
ing the war. Davis left for home yester-
day.
Tennessee Anderson, colored, was evil
IDENTIFY intended by nature for a medical
student-she has such passion for dis
secting people. While at Criddle street
ball, Monday night, she made an attempt
to investigate the internal arrangements of
one OF her friends, making use of a big
knife Tor that purpose. She receives her
mail matter at the city work-house now,
and will remain an inmate of that beneyo-
lent establishment until she has worked
out line OF SIS, at the rate Of seventy
cents per diem mileage not alloWed.)
Ike Finley is eolored individual well
known to the Nashville police. He be-
came very much excited I'M the office of JUS
tice Butler, colored, yesterday, during the
trial of case and, utterly ignoring the
dignity Of the court, swore in an awful
manner, winding-up by daring the court to
step outside for a moment so that he might
knock the skin Off the nose of the court,
punch the court in the eye, break three or
four of the courts ribs, and otherwise NAL
treat that official body. Strange to say,
the court not only declined the Invitation,
but imposed fine Of ten dollars upon Fin
ley, and sent him down TO the county
work-hOuse to work out the amount of his
fine.
On the 18th of October, letter from
Sheriff Stewart, of Franklin county, was
received at the jail, making inquiries with
regard TO one Sidney Sergeant, colored,
supposed to be confined in the jail here,
and for whom Stewart had a warrant on
account Of robbery al the town of Frank
lin There being no such man at the Jail,
Stewart was written to that effect, but
Monday. night a negro, calling himself
George Jones, was committed by Justice
Miller on the charge of vagrancy. Jones
had a good deal TO say about Winchester
and Franklin, claiming to have lived at
those points, and it is possible he is the
Sidney Sergeant Sheriff Stewart is looking
for. Jones was tried before Miller yester-
day and sentenced 10 sixteen days impris-
onment in the county work-hOuSe as va
grant.
'FWhat is life without a velvet vest9" SOL
ilOquised viii EdmondS, week ago last
Saturday. His friend Vim. Fox, a news
boy on one of the railroads centering in
Nashville, had told him he had a twenty
dollar counterfeit bill which he would let
him have s. out of, and the price of vest,
if he would buy one of those useful arti-
eles, at a cost not to exceed s., and get SIT
in good money in exchange for the coun-
terfeit bill. This little enterprise was sue
cessfully carried out at the time above
named, Edmonds' selecting j. l.. Hirsch, a
College street clothier, as victim. H.rsch
soon discovered that both himself and the
vest had been sold and has con-
sequently kept a sharp lookout
for his customer ever since. Yesterday he
recognized Fox on the street as one Of the
young men who was with the chap who
had swindled him, and collared him at
once and turned him over to officer Bob
Mckinney. Fox was taken before the
United States Commissioner and commit
ted to Jail to await an investigation of the
case, and upon information the prisoner
gave, officers Bob and Brand Mckinney
arrested Will Edmonds and Doc Burch as
being implicated with Fox in "shoyin' the
queer" Edmonds admits his purchase of
the vest, knowing the bill to be counter
felt, but claims he got it from Fox. The