The daily gazette., 1880-01-31
An Hour at Police Court.
THOSE WHO ToED THE JUSTICE MARK
LAST NIGHT.

hhoSh WhO TOED THE JUSTICE MARK
LAST NIGHT.
a respectable looking woman was the
nrst prisoner at police court last night,
AMI omcer Eobinson testified that he
had gone out Fourth street yesterday at
ternoon TO look for a criminal and found
the woman very drunk. The accused
hung her head In shame at the truth OF
the charge.
A little negro lad, who went by the
euphonious name of Erastns Rasparson,
alias Rat Hance," was asked If he had
aSy objection to his trial for stealing b
velocipede from Charles II. Smith, Jr.,
commencing NJ once. Erastns seemed
eager for .he event, and whisked into
the deck. The story told by Mr.. smith
was that the prisoner came TO the house
at No. 4O5 West Twelfth street on Tues.
day last and asked for cold pieces. The
next day the velocipede was missi ng
Yesterday morning he saw the same la,l
riding he stolen article at Twelfth al 4
Orange streets. Charles II. Smith, Sr.,
Identified the vehicle. Sergeant W helan
lesti fled TO arresting the lad AZ he was
bowling along the street at rapid rate
on tho stolen velocipede. TIE Mayor
asked the lad IL he wished to question
the officer. "N0," be replied, II don't
want to ask dat man muffin" He was
held for court.
Andrew Harman was charged with
larceny of two sets OF harness from the
stable of Charles W. Talley on Thorn
street. Mr.. Talley testified to the har-
,, ness being taken on Tuesday night
| Joseph Miller, Jr., testified that Har-
man came TO his house al Twelfth and
French streets, and tried to sell tue har-
ness. A bargain was finally struck for
50, and The harness was left there until
Miller Gould get the money. The puT-
rhaser's suspicious were aronsed, and he
notified officer Springer, who al irested
the man when he came to get the
money. Harman was cuuning enough
in trying to make the sale, aud said his
name was Horace Brown. He was held
to answer IN the sum Of $500.
John Lynch, small boy with a red
face, took a seat on the prisoners bench
and boldly cross-questioned John NJ.
Mason, watchmaR of the W. & N,
Railroad Company who testified thai
the lad was among crowd who ran the
trucks up and down the track in Hedge
Vile on Dec. 28th. The boys had a
fashion of dong this and 1t was danger
Gus. They would gee the truck full of
little boys, and, after starting it dowH
grade at tull speed, would fix a trap and
throw Is off the track aud the youthful
riders would fly head over heels in all
directions Mr.. Lynch, the father, made
a great effort to prove an abb, and called
many witnesses who testi fed that they
dId not see the lad on the truck. The
Mayor disposed of this summarily
"There are many thousand witnesses In
Wilmington who could testify that they
dever saw the boy on the truck, but still
he might have been there he said.
Young Lynch was fined the costs and
held to keep the peace.
POLICE COURT TO-DAY.
A man who had been found asleep up
Front street alley by Sergeant Jones
last night, was fined the usual penalty
for drunkenness at police court to-
day.
Thomas Funston, an old man with a
rough look, who had just got out of u Jail
and has maize practice of getting into
trouble AZ soon as he got out of durance
vile, answered charge OF drunkenness.
Officer McClane testified that he and
some ladies at Sixth and Shipley streets,
last night, thought he was sick, but 1t
turned out that he was quite drunk. The
usual fine was imposed.