Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-08-15
THE COURTS.
Comfy Court.

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judgement guilty of simple as
sault and battery, fine S and
costs.
State. VS.. Walter Mobiles, col
ored, laboring on Sunday. The
defendant is a barber and was
charged with having on certain
Sundays shaved divers and SUM-
dry persons. The facts were
not denied. This being a jury
case it was argued at consider
able length by counsel. The
court delivered an elaborate
charge to the jury. reciting the
law; the question to be deter
mined by the jury was: was the
labor performed a necessity.
Not guilty.
Conmissisnsr's Court.
August term. The court
met on Monday Aug. IL. pres
ent J. ID. McAdoo, county
judge, and the commissioners
and officers Of the court:
Ordered that the sum of Sc
each be allowed E. Roos, c. P.
Killough and w. r. Van Buren,
for services as jury commission
ers.
Ordered that commissioner
J. F. Winklernann be authoriz-
ed to represent the county at
the sale Of Mr.. Wiekles prop
erty and to bid in the same
should he deem it to the inter-
est of the county.
Ordered that S. be allowed
J. J. Wyatt, for holding inquest
on body of B. w. Farquhar.
$3.50 allowed \. d. Gee con-
stable and jury fees to six jurors.
1t is certified by the commits
sioncrs that o. L. Eddins and
w. NJ. Hines have been resi-
dents Of the county six months
and are Of good moral charac-
ter, etc.
Tuesday morning was devot-
ed to road business and in the
afternoon the commissioners
"wrestled" with the question Of
utilizing the labor of county
convicts.
Tuesday.-Ordercd that J..
M. Brown, sheriff of Lee coun-
ty. be allowed 500 for feeding
and commitment Of two Wash
ington county prisoners.
Wednesday. It. w. White
allowed SIS for lumber for
bridge in road precinct No. 81.
J. l. Moore, district clerk,
allowed sI75 for making gencr-
al and reverse indexes to books
B. c, d, E, F, G, and H, crimi-
nal minutes district court,
Washington county.
The question of the county
paying the fees of the county
officers where convictions had
been had and the convicts were
unable to pay. was under discus
sion a considerable portion of
the day.
Thursday.-Ordered that al
lowance to Jehu Mcguire for
support and maintenance of c.
J. Power, cease as the court
believes he can be moved to the
poor farm without injury.
Ordered that J. A. Small
overseer of road precinct No.
81 be empowered to purchase
not over 500 feet of lumber for
bridge.
w. I. McMahan allowed $40
for feeding and guarding two
county prisoners.
The county judge and COM
missioners went in a body to
view the county poor farm.
Mayors Cszre.
Friday. - John Spaulding.
white, charged with being drunk
and disorderly, discharged.
John Stephens. white, took
on too much bug juice and inn
agined the sidewalk was
downy couch; for laboring un-
der this Authorization he was
fined 81 with the trimmings. He
is in the bastile.
Mckinney. a young coon,
was charged with annoying rail-
readers under the influence Of
juice of bug. thus provoking a
breach Of the peace. Dischar-
ed on promise to sin no more.
Wednesday, Paddy Flani-
gan. all the way from Ireland,
making his bed on the stree.
without suitable bedding for
camping out, assessed 81 with
the trimmings. 1.-The had been
provided with an oil cloth and
blankets so as to sleep out like
a man he might have escaped
with a lower fine, but the trim
mings would in all human proba-
bility. have stared him square
in the face.
r. Lieswitz, all the way from
Germany, duplicated the per-
Torrance of Col. Flanagan and
was likewise taxed 81 and the
trimmings.
MILL CREEK AMENITIES
About three o'clock on Tues
day morning a colored gentle
man " living on mill creek was
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