Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-05-02
COUNTY COURT.
short and sweet Session Yesterday by
the Shelby Paps.

The County Court met yesterday with
ESQUIRE Smith in the chair and the follow
ing esquires present: Hunter, Williams,
Jackson, Hines, Moffet, Quigley, Winters,
Alexander, Gowap, Kimbrough, Jones, Rit-
tenhouse, Mercer, Allen. Moore, Brett, Calls,
HolernaD, Cole, Smith, Elliott, Egnew, Mason
and Galloway.
THE COUNTY woRKHoUsE.
1t was ordered that the Jail physician be
notified to proceed to the county workhouse
at once and examine into the physical con-
dition of the convicts and report to the
chairman, who is authorized to discharge
those incapable of doing work.
H. P. Thompson, Cham Jones and w. V.
Reynolds were appointed committee to
superintend the building of bridge across
the north fork of Big creek.
TREsTLE THROUGH WOLF RIVER BOTTOM.
A committee to report upon the necessity
and probable cost of building an embank-
ment or trestle through Wolf river bottom
where the Macon road crosses it reported
that public necessity required it, and that a
levee or embankment should be built from
the foot of the hills for distance of 1900
feet, twenty feet wide at the top, with slope
of one to one. Secondly, that a trestle be
built for distance of $40 feet twelve feet
wide, with an additional distance of 100 feet
in length to be twentyfour feet wide, the
next term.
The court ordered the collection of
S9943 SO. now in the hands of County Court
Clerk Dryer, to be turned over to Trustee
E. l.. MCGOWAN, to be placed to the credit OF
the general fund.
TO WHOM WARRANTS MAY BE PAID.
An order was made that the chairman of
the court should pay out no more warrants
to persons other than the payee thereof or
nfafi da
upon said warrant. This was induced by
the fact that certain parties have presented
forged orders on the chairman for warrants
and obtained them thereon, thus defrauding
the owners thereof and imposing on the
chairman.
The chairman was instructed to have such
painting, ealsomining and new furniture as
the Criminal Court needed provided.
HUMANITY TO PRISONERS.
A letter was received from Judge Horri-
gan transmitting an extract from the report
of the grand jury OF the Criminal Court re-
garding the condition of the workhouse and
the treatment OF the convicts. The Judge
states that many complaints have been made
of the management of the workhouse and
the cruel treatment of the inmates; that the
court has leased the convict labor upon GER
tain terms and conditions, among others that
of humane treatment to the convicts. "1t
seems to me-" saws he, "thst the complaint,
coming as it does from the highest accusing
power in the State, should be carefully in
yestieatedn The clerk of the Criminal
Court has been ordered not to issue a work
house mittimus hereafter in any case of con-
viction in said court until 1t is made to ap-
pear that the convicts are treated with
that humanity provided for by the law of
the State.
A committee was appointed to report at
the July term of the court, composed of
Esquires Winters, Kimbrough, Alexander,
Egnew, Holeman and Gibson. General Tur-
ner and Judge Horrigan were invited to ac-
company the committee.
The court adjourned until July.