Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-01-18
POLICE COURT.

trlal, IN Judge Wltherell s Court, OF LAME
Teemy, the stout little bruiser who is tn
subject of the notice which was found unde
ga Flaming Head, in the MORNING APPEAL
of yesterdays issue. As in duty bound, W.
followed the streaming throng into the pres
ence of the Court and stood, barred and re
spectful, among the eager listeners. MIR. Dis
trict Attorney Coffin conducting the case
for the county. The defendant, with much
bruised face, a very resolute look and an awful
boxing eye upon the port side of him, was
seated in the chair which served, in an i'm
provised and cane-seated way, for the Prison
er's Dock. A witness for the State was de-
posing and saying what he knew and was will
ing to swear to. His brief tale was that Dan
lei had come out Of the door of the saloon,
slamming the same and that upon the re-
monstrance of the proprietor the defendant
had struck that parsonage, and that then blow
was g wen for blow until the " head alluded
to was constructed and the bystanders had
interfered to stop further proceedings. Mr..
Teemy was without counsel or friend, and he
seemed to regard himself as a victim of ad-
ventltlOus circumstances over which he had
no control. He was quite without hope; also
he was quite without fear 1t seems that he
had been arrested on two charges Assault
and disturbing the peace of the common
wealth. The Prosecuting Attorney announced
at the end of the testimony of the witness al
luded to, that @ This is the States case" SO
no SnnorH lo1 nd hot oh of
witnesses was sworn. These had seen Daniel
while on the war-path, after the pummeling
of his head. They had heard him proclaim
himself an injured man and express the de-
sire to have his opponent g trotted out t.
averring with marked vehemence, that he
could vanquish the same. Finally the Sher
if was placed upon the stand. That calm and
collected functionary made very plain state
nlent of the case. He had been informed that
bir. Teemy had declared war and was seeking
the enemy upon the perilous edge OF battle
Upon finding the defendant the Sheriff dis
covered him in the demonstratiye attitude |
described by the other witnesses. He told |
him to abandon his beligerent attitude and |
to "move on He finally did move
on was or coerced into such molten, and was
taken to the Jail and there inuarcerated.
Upon searching his prisoner the Sheriff had
found large knife upon his person. This, in
brief, was the second cause; and so the State
rested again and submitted the facts 70 the
keeping of His Honor Then the Judge,
(whose hair We noted was something more
than usually sleek, and whose manner was
more than customarily bland and seductive),
informed the unhappy but still unconquered
defendant that he might introduce such wit
nesses in his own behalf as he thought best to
have produced in Court. Also he might
make statement. either upon his oath or
otherwise. So, after some hesitation, Mr.
Teemy was sworn He was a bit paunchy and
tiabby of girth, as he stood upon his sturdy
legs, but there was a stocky look about his ,
shoulders and q cocOa-nuttish build about his
.'atc that betokened the hard fighter, the
stout wrestler and the long slayer. A man
we'll up in the forties, with the accent of
North of Ireland man and the big mauleys of
he mariner is he; and as the admiring eye OF ;
professional bystander surveyed him loving
y, he whispered in tone that attracted the
mild blue eye Of the Judge: Damned if l :,
lon't believe he could lick the whole room =
all, Judge, Constable and all adding, with
| shocking objurgation that he ''wished he 4
yould.' Well, it was evident that Daniel had
cot himself iii the Lions Den and out of !
hat into the Fiery Furnace of
he law; for His Honor found him guilty up
n both complaints and sentenced him to
wenty days on the first and fifteen on the n
econd. as an alternative of not paying a stout h
me which was imposed together with costs of o.
nit. And SO Biiah, which is Stern, swept o
Daniel out and locked him up. This hard lit III
lie chunk of a stranded shellback had been at 10
york for Captain Pray, he said, and had been m
ere since the first of the New Year. He W
wned up, like man, to having helped him b.
Elf to the butcher knife that the sheriff found II
pom him; Took it from Hunts said he. h;
'hen Intercepted by the Judge as to Why he in
,ok that implement he buntIy said, levi 81
entity for want Of better answer, I T.
fought d have it. Rumor is busy with bl
Lr. Teemy's name. 1t is said that he came ca
Nevada some Years ago to make fight an
it'll the late Jimmy Trevillian. Has the lie
out proportions and ten-pin-ball head Of a nc
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