Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1880-07-02
Squeezing squires for sou;bs-The

lower courts OF our embryo city, in the way
of furnishing locals for the press Although
some of the cases were rather of a serious
nature yet they fell to. the ground for want
of sufficient evidence. We did hope TO pre-
sent our readers with u detailed account of
a first-class suicide or a scientific murder as
we were led to judge from the number of
minor offences given at the 'Squires' offices
on Friday Saturday and Monday, but we
are sadly disappointed yet it is no fault of
ours, for no one has wanted to "shuffle off
this mortal coil" and everybody seemed to
be at peace with their fellow man. Now.
this is the truth of the matter, and we are
unable to dish up anything of that sort,
hence we must descend to the facts at hand.
The first was that of corporation
case before Mayor Bouic, on Friday, wherein
John Smith, Jr., and Thomas Kenny, two
youths aged twelve or fifteen years, of Afri-
can persuasion, singulary enough, figured
under the grave charge-riot-in this that
the said John Smith did, with malice afore-
thought, strike and proceed to beat the said
Thomas Kenny, contrary to the statute and
law in such case made and provided, who
had call him, the said John Smith, liar /;
and the said Tom, with blood in his heart,
and without the fear of the law in his eye,
and at the instigation of the devil did, then
and there, pull out Of his trousers pocket a
certain barlow knife, manufactured at Shelf
field, England, drought here for the occa-
sion,) and did proceed to wade into, cut and
mangle the said j. Smith, to-wit: one cut
across the back of Il finger on said hand.
In this case every witness swore point blank
to something, and the Mayor, in considera-
ton of the extreme youth of the accused
and the fact of their having "poor but hon
est parents" bid the accused ego and sin
no more" and the boys went into ii back
alley, kissed and said to each other "hadnt
we hill of a timer
On Saturday, Justice Morgan issued a
warrant for one Dennis Johns on complaint
of Mary Brewer, a dusby maid of some nine
teen summers, who alleged that Dennis did,
wilfully and feloniously, commit rape upon
her person, thereby greatly injuring her
peace of mind and had the opinion that
the said rape was somewhat detrimental
to her chastity. 1t appeared that thus dusky
virgin had met the above name dusky Den
mis- Johns, who is sometimes called Den for
short, on dusky evening, to-wit: on Fri
day last at that hour when ghosts silently
appear on earth and Brighten timid old la
dies, scare aged men, and Skinny on your
own side" with the boys, at that weird hour
as we have said, this amorous Den, she said,
did make improper advances, in such man.
ner as to severely shock her modesty and
make her feel indignant, as she is beloved
by one Ben. Cook, another son of Ham,
with whom she had plighted her troth and
who would, in the near future, make her his
wife, (this he denies, however) She, the
blushing, modest Mollie, said that female
friend was yard distant from her, and wit
messed the whole transaction, and that wit
ness was called and swore she was at the
other gate Now, the Squire loves anything
definite like this-he appreciated the fact
that she was at the other gate and that
gate might have been the gate of the New
Jerusalem, for all the Justice could deter
mine from her "swore." In view Of the con.
fiicting testimony, the Squire discharged
the defendant and no doubt thought of tell
ing this dusky dam-sel to remain indoors
on dusky nights and keep out of the com.
pany of such naughty dusky gemmin as
Dennis.
On Monday morning. while yet the little
ganecocks were setting lazily on theiI
roosts and arguing the propriety of some oil
their numerous wives getting up, building
the fire and setting up breakfast, james Lacy
a resident Of Washington appeared before
Justice Kiger and had warrant issued for
the arrest of a well-known character named
Charles Alexander, whom he charged with
having robbed him Of twenty-eght dollars
The case went 10 trial and Lacy failing to
establish his charge the defendant was dis
missed
State vs. james Lacy-charge, gembiing
on Sunday-inlormant unknown Case be-
fore Justice Kiger. The evidence did not
sustain the charge, Lacy was discharged and
left town in n hurry, being anxious to see a
man in Washington
The case of the State VS.. William Ricketts,,
under bonds 10 appear before Justice Kiger
to answer Martha Mills, who had loved him
as she seems to aver, not wisely but too well
was postponed until Monday next on ac-
count of the sickness Of the prosecuting
witness