Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-02-26
THF MILL OF JUSTICE.
THE APPEAL REPORTER TEMPORARILY TAKES
CHARGE OF TEB wORKs-HK SITS THE
CHAFF FROM THE WHEAT AND kEED-
ERsA BATCH OF ABLE DECISIONS.


.ERs BATCH OF ABLE DECISIONS.
Yesterday afternoon the APPEAL reporter
dropped int Justice. Cary's court In search OF
the usual instalnsnt of criminal items, and
somewhat to his surprise found the worthy
head of the Institution absent. A number
of cases were awaiting disposal, and IN order
to relieve the pressure on the machinery the
reporter kindly assembled the bench, wrapped
the judicial ermine about his shoulders and
opened the Court himself, explaining to the It'll
giants and criminals that the real Court was In
the rear of Dealy's saloon playing cinch with
one of the city fathers. This explanation was
deemed satisfactory, and the hrst case was
called
wELL-DEsERvED sHNTBKCB.
John Bilks, man living on Nevada street
was the FIRST man tried. The testimony showed
that he had used vulgar language to an AP-
PEAL carrier The carrier testified that he
served the paper at the mans house as ordered
for over three months, bat when he had
called to collect he was unable to find him at
home He had met him several times In the
street, but the only answer he could ever get
from tho man was, "Ill step in to- morrow and
settle" Finally he found the man at hls
house at dinner and presented the bill at
which he few into a rage and wanted to know
what was meant by interrupting gentleman
at his meals, at the same time using num-
Der of vulgar epithets and vowing that he had
paid few days before. The Court here re-
marked that all towns had few such men in
them, and he had heard quite enough evil
dence. The accused was fined $4,000 or
1000 days in the chain gang. The Constable
took him off and set him at work shoveling
gravel on Carson street. The righteous
Judgment was greeted with cheers by the
spectators.
THB COURT TAXES IN SPEC.
Here the Court bounced upon the oppor-
tunity to fine every man in the room ten dol
lars for making noise. There was some OBJ
lection raised to this, and the Constables were
ordered to search everybody in sight and take
his movable goods as security for the money.
In spite of the well dressed appearance of the
crowd the officers only succeeded In securing
an assay of 50 60 out of the forty people
present and a miscellaneous assortment OF
whisky tasks, revolvers, jack knives, keys and
plugs of tobacco. The coin was sailed down
and the trinkets sent round to Sheriff Hill to
be sold at public auction.
MINOR CAsHs.
An organ grinder, charged with being a
public nuisance, was sent up for six months
A man who knocked a book agent down and
stamped his face in, was acquitted and COM
plimented by the Court on the thoroughness
of his work
A man who killed his mothsr-in-law for
teaching his wife to make ginger bread, was
bound over to the Grand Jury with his bail
fixed at So.
City Attorney Driesbach, for contradletlng
the Court on legal proposition, was commit
ted to Jail for contempt.
There being no further business on hand,
Eve of the spectators were taken from the
audience and committed to Jail for having
voted the Democratic ticket at last Falls
elections The crime was already proven and
they had no defense.
The Court then gathered up what loose
silver there was in the drawer and adjourned.