The Morning herald., 1876-12-27
Local Matters.
M0uOrs COu rt.

Mayors Court.
At the police headquarters, acting Mayor
George O'Neill has disposed of the follow
ing cases siuce our last report:
Thomas Brown, for vagrancy was ordered
to leave town; he left.
Five young men, whose names we are
requested to suppress, were fined costs, for
being on fly on Christmas eve.
VIM. Campbell, for disorderly conduct
was fined 50 and COSTS
Hugh Grantland for drunkenness was
fined SO cents and costs.
James Strahan was given the choice OF
leaving town or 20 to jail for thirty
days. He preferred the former.
A young man named johnson was fined
costs. and discharged on the charge of dis
orderly conduct.
Four men on the charge of fighting were
arraigned, when two of them were fined 81
and costs, and the others $3.50 each and
costs.
James Boyer and Howard Rice, for drunk
enness, were each fined SO cents and costs.
William Brannan, for like ofrense, was
fined the same.
Samuel England Was arraigned on the
charge of robbing the house of Peter SPAIN,
No. 811 West Second street, of 81 100 in
in money, and two gold and two silver
watchesi and quantity of jewelry.
Mrs. Catharine SPAIN testified that Eng
land, came to the house between IL and IL
o'clock yesterday morning, and after taking
q glass of beer, went out into the kitchen
where the family and others were looking at
the Christmas presents. Presently dis
turbance occurred In the street opposite the
house, and all but England ran out to see
what was the matter. Soon afterwards he
was missed from the house, but nothing was
thought of 1t until she went up stairs to put
on another dress, when she discovered the
door leading to the front room broken open
and also saw that the lock of the bureau
drawer in which large amount OF money
was kept had been forced. A hasty search
convinced her that they had been robbed and
suspicion pointed toward England as the
robber, and he was arrested.
Peter SPAIN and John, his son, corrobo-
rated Mrs. Spahn's testimony about the
prisoner going into the kitchen and remain.
ing there when the others ran out to see
the disturbance on the street.
Officer Rickarts testified to arresting
England about O'Clock last night In the
house of colored woman Silas Pritchett,a
9O2 Wilson street. Searched him and found
$3t OS, a revolver and razor. Brought him
to the hall and sued out search warrant.
Before it was used, however, officer Legg,
acting upon information given him by Eng
land, discovered large portion OF the stolen
goods, 1888 and three watches, at lO7 Water
street, beer saloon kept by John Brockman.
Mr.. SPAIN Identified the money and the
watches and said that the value of the latter
was about 500. q,
NH
found with the others he valued at $275.
This was subsequently discovered not to
have been taken, and was In drawer at
spahn's house. England was held In ST.
500 bail for court, in default of which be
was committed. =.
Last evening the following cases were dis
posed Of:
William Berger and Charles Crouch for
being drunk and dlsorderly were each fined
so cents and costs.
VIM. Campbell and James Early, for
disturbing the Sunday School held
under the auspices of the City Mis-
sion, on Second street, near Washington,
on Sunday afternoon. After hearing
the evidence, his Honor dismissed Camp.
bell and imposed on Early q fine OF s3
and costs.
Newton Lamplugh, on the charge OF
disorderly conduct, was fined 81 and
costs. This young man asserted his
innocence, and alleged that If he had his
witnesses present, he would convince his
Honor of the same.
| His HonCr stated that he had just re-
ceived physicians certificate stating that
Joseph Reason and John Dillman, the
old colored men who we're assaulted on
Saturday night, were not able to leave
their homes as the doctor feared that
erysipelas might set in. The prisoners
James Early, William Campbell, John
Sweeney and John Haney, who were
arrested on suspicion of being connected
with tho affair, were admitted to bail iu
the sum Of 81 900 each.