Daily globe., 1879-05-18
MORE ADVERTISING.


privileges was wiped out.
MORE ADVERTISING.
The Social Evil Comes to the Front Again
in Court.
The social evil loomed up III the district
court again yesterday morning. And the
more it is advertised the more attractive it
becomes, as it were. Yesterday, when the
social evil loomed up, along with big crowd
it filled the district court room. So soon as
1t was disposed of, as related below, the big
crowd went out with the social evil.
About 10 o'clock the court was called to
order. Immediately thereafter John Allen,
the man charged with murderous assault,
was marched into court. He pleaded not
guilty to the Indictment and was taken out.
just then the rustic of the social evil twisted
the necks of the crowd doorward.
Mrs. Mary J. France, unacoompanied
by her daughter, but accompanied by Kats
Hutton, Matte Gale, Hattie Mcbride, Annie
Oleson and Pauline Bell came in.
Mrs. France, either from age, experience
or because of being the mother of two at
tractive daughters, was given preference in
the little business she had with the court.
She was arraigned first. Mr.. Erwin sp-
peared for her, and submitted the following
legal document in answer to the clerks inter
rogatory, "How say you, Mary j. France,
guilty or not guilty?''
State of Minnesota VS.. Mary j. France,
And now comes Mary J. France, the defend
ant, in person and pleads for a first plea:
The defendant pleads that she is not guilty
of the offense charged in the indictment.
And for a further and second plea the de.
fendant pleads and says:
That under and pursuant to the act of the
legislature entitled, San act to reduce the law
Incorporating the city of St. Paul, in the county
Of Ramsey and State Of Minnesota and the sew:
eral acts amendatory thereof into one
| act and to amend the same,'' ap
| proved March 9Th, 1868, and under and
pursuant and in accordance with the authority
il and by said act granted to and vested in tht
common council of the said city of St. Paul
| the said common council of said city of St
Paul did on the 7th day of October, 1869, duly
pass, adopt aud publish certain ordinance tt
suppress houses of ill-fame in said city and to
provide for the arrest and punishment of tn,
keepers thereof, and did in and by said ordi
| nance provide for the arrest and trial befor,
| and conviction and sentence by the city Justice
Of the said city of St. Paul. and which sale
ordinance provides for and regulates the pro
ceedings for the arrest, trial, conviction ant
punishment of all persons who shall keep
houses of ill-fame or places resorted to for tn
purpose of prostitution within the limits O.
said city; thereby providing for the punish
ment of the specific offense and specific act
charged in this indictment. That the afore
said act was amended by an act entitled, s'A1
| act to amend an act entitled an act to reduc
the law incorporating the city of st. Paul, i,
the county of Ramsey, and State of Minnesota
and the several acts amendatory thereof, INT
one act and amend the same," approved Marc
Sth, 1875, by which said act there was estab
lished in said city of st. Paul a court of recor
| called the municipal court, to which said cour
therein was granted all the powers and authori
ty heretofore given in said city to the city jus
| tice.
| And for a further and third plea the defend
ant pleads:
That she has already been duly convicted an
punished under the charter and ordinances O
the said city of st. Paul, of and for the said OF
fense of keeping house of ill-fam
resorted to for the purpose of prostitution
committed in said city of st. Paul in sal
A. D. 1879, and on divers other days and time
between that day and the day of the date O
this Indictment, and has paid the penalty an,
suffered the punishment therefor in accord
ance with the provisions of the charter an
ordinances of said city. referred to in he
second plea, which SAID conviction is the saIr
offense and sane specific acts of offense I
regards all matters and things lin the said il
dictment charged; which said conviction an,
punishment was had by the Judgment of th
municipal court of said city of St. Paul, rer
dered at the said city of St. Paul on the l9t
day Of April, 1879
After this the other high priestesses {
the demi-monde were arraigned
name. Mr.. Erwin appearing for each, an
in each case filed the above document.
| County Attorney Rogers asked and wa
allowed until Monday to make answer to th
specific plea as filed.
This rather finished the business, ant
singly, the social evil retired, an
with them the interest for the crowd we1
too. The above completes the arraignme1
of all the mesdomes indicted, except Magg
Morse. She will be called up to make ple
tomorrow.
Thus another day hath given US its du
allowance of the social evil in answer to tt
Rev. VIM. McKibben's petition that such b
our daily moral hash.