Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-26
BOYD's a HoYs.
And also = Few Bad Girls. The
DOings OF Two Days In
vestigated.

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DOings OF Two Days In
vesfigated.
Twenty names Of delinquents ap-
peared on the trial docket of the po-
lice court this morning, a list Of two
days badness.
The sisters, cousins and aunts Of
the parties were all present and ranged
themselves in double file on the side
walk.
THE BALL OPENS.
The acting recorder walked in with
his usual martial gait and deposited
some two hundred pounds Of materi-
allied justice in the judicial chair.
The clerk borrowed a match and
then borrowed a cigar to use it on and
the ball opened.
Mr.. Halling was shown in and plead
guilty to a charge of shaping in the
park" He was given his liberty and
told to select a less public couch next
time, when Mr.. Moran ''hobbled to
the 'front.' in answer to a charge Of
drunk. As it was a one horse kind Of
a spree, he having only one leg, his
case was dismissed.
A GENIAL RHYMER.
Henry Langford was fined $500 for
disorderly conduct, and drawing a
sigh from the depths Of despair, he
muttered as he was being led slowly
back:
"And a strict Investigation
fmy pocketbOok and hat
Would cause a big sensation
When they find I'm broke so fat,
Look at that"
and he showed up two nickles and a
street car ticket.
A SLEEPER TICKET.
Better throw that hat away man"
remarked a ~bystander, "or you will
be arrested next for sleeping in the
cars" George Scott, Of the same
complexion, got ten days on the gang,
when a we'll known lady of color was
shown in and soon shown back as the
judge warbled sweetly, $500, Jenny
Warren, is the cost Of your offense."
BADLY COOKED.
Let us look on the light of Sarah's
Oountenance,' was the next order,
and as she walked in with downcast
eyes, Officer Cook took his place
as prosecutor. Sarah is a type of a
class. The woman was once the wife
of well-known river pilot, and shows
undOubted signs of a Once lovely and
blooming youth. She was arrested
once or twice for drunkenness and
out her time at the station
where she was finally employed
as cook, and every effort made to keep
her in the right path, but her old
returned strong upon her, and
on Saturday night she acted SO dis
gracefully that the officers were COM
against their feelings, to lock
her up in the stationhOuse and prefer
a charge Of drunk and disorderly
her, for which she was fined
FIVE dollars this morning,
Bette Nicholson, a colored demi-
rep, was fined ten dollars for being
mover in a Saturday night
and discharging few other in
nocent DRINKS, the court adjourned.
NOTES.
A suspicious character, arrested
by the detectives Saturday, grew
over his Incarceration, and
that they had a good deal of
cheek to call him a thief, that there
was nothing small about him but his
feet, and that Memphis was too small a
for a man Of his calibre-he
was going to New York. He was re
A darby named Jake Lewis will be
tried before Esquire Quigley to-day
for assault and battery.
A little fellow named Nouns was
arrested at the instance of the foreman
Of the M. Il T. depot yard Saturday,
who accused him of stealing lumber
from the yard. He was discharged
with a severe admonition.
The days Of the whipping-po are
gone, but a colored woman offered to
hor bnv ;c H. i'll "