Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1882-11-25
CITY NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Courts and Otherwise.

to witness the dedication of a Catho-
lie church.--Elder Tyler preached
his farewell sermon on Sunday
nighti-A colored woman, named
Sallie Reed, fell dead on her return
from church Sunday night--cause
heart disease.-The schedule on
the North road, was changed Sun
day, SO that passengers for Raleigh
now leave here in the afternoon and
arrives here in the afternoon.
MONDAY, 20th.-- The Board of AL
dermen met on Monday, and gave
permission to one Anna Potts to
peddle secondhand clothing with
out license. They ordered the sale
of the horses belonging to the fire
department; also the Pioneer En-
CINE; the proceeds to be used in
purchasing two reels for the whites
and one for the Neptune Company.
There was an effort made to
remove policeman Erwin, because
he is two much of a democrat and
impolite to his superiors. There was
also an effort made to increase the
police force, both failed.-Receipts
in the Mayors court were $25.-
The Inferior Court met Monday.
Judge Waring charged the Jury.
Capt. J. Roessler was foreman of the
jury. The following cases were dis
posed of: John Alexander for car
rying concealed weapons: judgment
suspended on payment of cost. M.
D. and L. B. Flow, disturbing re-
ligious meeting; judgment suspend
ed on payment Of costs.
TUESDAY, 21st.-Ed. Williams was
convicted of rocking train on the
Airline, and got IS months in the
the penitentiary; this case took
nearly all day.-Henry Cuthbert-
son, assault; submitted and paid
cost. George Wilson, misdemeanor;
mol. pros.-Cochrane, Snider and
others, for retailing, dismissed
VIM. Simpson, same, failed to ap-
pear, judgment nj si.-On Tues
day night man was supposed to
have been shot while trying to en-
ter the front door of a citizen.
WEDNESDAY, 22d.-Pink Byers for
disturbance, guilty.-C. F. Gov
ington, for resisting officers, guilty.
John Alexander, misdemeanor, judg-
ment withdrawn.-D. S. Bennett,
obtaining goods under false pre-
lenses, guilty.--Only S. taken in
at the Mayors court this day, from
white man for breaking window.
From the Charlotte Observer, path inst.
THURsDAY.-The Inferior court was
engaged for the greater part of the day
in the trial of the colored men for mob
bling Doc Jones last Summer, the par
ticulars of which are still fresh in the
minds of our readers. The plaintiff,
Jones, did not appear in court, having
left the city about a month ago. Mrs.
Philips, the woman at whose house
Jones was when the mobbing took
place, appeared to prosecute the de-
PENDANTS for forcible trespass. Solicit
tor Calvin E. Grier and Mr.. Thomas M.
Pittman appeared for the prosecution,
while the defendants we're represented
by the Charlotte bar. The jury return
ed verdicts as follows: Gadsden Earle,
Ed Hagler, Martin Orr, Jr. VIM Max
we'll and VIM Brown, forcible trespass,
guilty.
Chris Lomax, Joseph Brown, James
Hagler, A G Monroe. F Reed and Wei
lington Lomax, forcible trespass, not
guilty.
Wellington Lomax, Chris Lomax, Jos
Brown, Jas Hagler, A c Monroe and
Frank Reed, assault and battery, not
guilty.
VIM Brown. VIM Maxwell, Ed Ha-
gler, Gadsden Earle and Martin Orr,
Jr, assault and battery, plead former
conviction. The costs of the case, which