Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-02-23
WORD FOR WORD.
photographic Report Ofthe PO-
lice Court.

AlnEl NOAAN
greasy audience, a deal table, full
fourteen lawyers, and a dais upoI
which is seated a pleasant laced ole
Judge"
The following was taken in short
hand Friday morning:
GEORGE WASHINGTON (coL.)
President Hadden to the prisoner
You r charged with an assault ant
battery. -.
An oficer-The prosecutor in tai
case is not here yet.
The President to oficer-Did yoU
arrest this man?
A. Yes, sir.
@. Did you see the fght9
A. No, sir; | didn't see the fight,
Iarrested him on a warrant.
@. Did anybody get hurt much2
A. Well, it was just a general fight.
@. Where did it occur2
A. On a Cincinnati boat; | didn't
see it; it occurred before | went on
watch.
The President to prisoner-Well
you step back there a minute. | will
now take No. s,
J. G. CowAN.
Hurst is the officer. Well, We have
you up for being drunk,
The prisoner-Well, sir, l admit |
was a little inebriated last night, but
it was tho first time | was eyer ar
rested in my life.
Court-Hold up your right hand.
You solemnly swear that the evidence
you shall give in this case shall be the
truth, the whole truth and nothing but
the truth, so help you God2
0ficer-AbOut half past twelve last
night | arrested him
Court to prisoner-You know, we
close this town at twelve o'clock.
Officer continuing-I went to the
Charleston depot and heard some
talking zeal there, and | looked over
and saw this man up stairway. There
was a gentleman talking to him up
there, telling him to go down stairs;
and he told me he wished me to take
that man. He came down stairs, and
when he stepped out of the door | ar
rested him. There were some ladies up
there, and they said they were afraid
of him and wanted me to take him
away.
Court to prisoner-Well, what have
you got to say?
Prisoner-Well, Mr.. Hadden, he
told it just exactly the way it
happened, only with the exception
that | aimed TO 90 home on the IL
o'clock train. l live in Moscow; |
did live here once, from 1865 to 70.
Last night | got into a game of cards
at Steve Fransioli's, where | stopped
at; l drank a little too much beer; |
aimed to go home on the IL o'clock
train. | had been stopping there
three days and nights; | always stop
there when | come to Memphis.
The Court-Were you drunk all the
time?
A. No sir; l wasn't. But in going
upstairs last night (there are two
stairwayS close together), l went up
the wrong one.
The Court-You just had a plain
drunk? You say you live in Collier
vile?
A. No sir; | live in Moscow.
The Court-Well, I'll let you off
Mr.. - and don't say anything
about this; don't speak of it at Mos
COW. [Sotto voce.] He won't, I'm
sure.
The Prisoner-This is the first time
in my life | was ever arrested.
Cortland | hope it will be the
last. Tell the boys up there to 20 to
the right steps.
Court, calling-Oome around David
McGowan. They've got you up for
vagrancy-that is doing nothing, run
ming around, nothing to live on, and
not making an effort to live by the
sweat ofyour brow.
Oficer-I've seen this man for two
or three days at the corner of Causey
and Beal streets. He said he lived
in Chelsea, on Main street.
Cortland away down on your
beat in the Third ward2 The ward
we have been trying to clean out?
What have you got to say?
Prisoner try to make an honest
living.
Court-Now this was in the night?
Oficer-No sir, yesterday about
$3.50 o'clock in the day time.
The Court to prisoner-Do you 20
home every night?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Do you play any games-craps?
A: No, sir; | don't know how to
gamble.
@; Do you live in the country or
Chelsea?
A. In Chelsea.
Z. Where is your home?
A.. In Alabama.
q: How would you like to return ia
Alabama?
A. Well, it's my intention o freturn.
Ing Dack again.
The Oourt-Now 1 tell you what
expect you had better do: bundle ur
your traps and 90 to the country; YOU
can raise five or six bales cotton and
bring them here and sell them mex
fall and be a man. l let you off witt
this adyice-,that you 90 to Alabama
Call
ROSE WALTON,
charged with assault and battery, Lo
gan.
Officer Mrs. Walton, We arr
trying you now for assault and batter,
for fighting. Officer, what do yoT
know about this case?
Oficer-Ido n't know anythingabout
the case. | arrested her on a warrant
Court to female witness-Do you
know anything about it?
A. Well, Wednesday morning both