Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1882-12-26
MAYORS COURT.
AN EXTRAORDINARY LAh"E
NUMBER OF
GASES.

The Mayor has been quite busy ior
the last two days In diSposiBg OF VIOLA
tors of the law, the most CT the cases.
however, being the result Of an oV6r
indulgence in intOxicants.
Saturday night two men named Cor
nelius Price and John Rease were eacn
fined 81 and costs for fighting on Second
street, near French.
Philip Dougherty was charged by
John Smith and his wife, with using
threatening and abusive language, ana
sentenced 10 pay fine of 30 cents ana
costs. ,
Jacob Bailey was adj judged guilty OF
using insulting language to won an
whom no met on the street. The May
or imposed a fine of IS and costs.
Four plain drunks at 30 cents eacA
and costs, closed the hearings on Satur-
day night. :,
On Sunday morning every cell was
filled, and the Mayor disposed Of over
20 cases, as follows:
Robert Downs and Thomas Farrel
we're charged with vagrancy, but thf
evidence rot being sufficient to es
tablish the charge, the case was dis
missed.
William Baldwin and Anna Jourdan
both of whom had been released but
few hours previously, were committeo
to Jail for Drunkenness and dlsorderl!
conduct
John Callahan, Robert Reason, j OH
Nulligan, Walter Jones, Joseph Cullln
Hester Royd, James Dugan am
Patrick Mccoy, were adjudged guilt
} of being drunk and disorderly, aR'
each sentenced to pay fine of 81 an
costs.
: An unusually large number OF plal
drunks at so cents each and costs CON
:, pleted the record.
Yesterday morning Jones Hec
: was fined SO cents and costs for drum
:. enness.
William Brown, colored, was a.
', Judged guilty OF being drunk and dl
# orderly, bat as it was his first ottenc
. the Mayor let him off with a line
u 80 cents and cost. go
D. Peter Smith and William Smith we
each fined 81 and COSTS for being drum
and disOrderly. -,
Charles Green, the colored man wi
was held for the larceny OF push Cal
l. was released on $500 bail, the necessal
rs security being furnished by Henry
lg Pickels.
Ii Last evening John H. Fox was cha
III ged with picking Captain Westcot'
in rocket, in John MCCatterty's saloo
4. The prisoner said that he was drum
ii and only did it for joke. The May
I'd would not zee 1t in that light and ordt
n ed him to furnish $500 bail for his
oy pearance at Court -,
lg Two young men were quite crGl
ad over Market ptreet bridge yesterMi
ly morniug, and one of them named W
OF liam II. Savers broke window IN !
sh house Of a colored man named ohar
~ Coleman. He was fined " ana cos
,at and the other one who had only us
20; threatning language had fine OF
on cents and costs imposed. ,,,
of colored man named william JOl
hit was fined 81 and COSTS, for striking a
9at resisting an officer.
on Thomas Carrigan was adj uGReu ~
ve- ty of being drunk and disordefly
Is. fined 81 and cOs;e.
IOr Charles Kelley was very drunk q
oct acted in a disorderly manner y6st9T0
5 a morning over Third street bridge WI
ed the officer undertook to arrest MN
nee ran in yard and procured hatct
ve- with which he threatened to carve
ket officer. The Mayor imposed a fine
zen So and costs. =
ave Henry Caulk and Charles Trusty' b
not coIored, we're charged with being G
ces cerned u the robbery at Causes ho'
ith There was no evidence to hold TN
as and they were discharged while
on prosecuting witness who was uru
the was locked up.