The daily gazette., 1882-11-03
WHMINo5TOrJ. DEL, FTII3AY, NovEN1BEF 8, 1880.
BEFORE HIS HONOR.
The Police Hearings at the City Hall Last
Night.


John Dougherty, the father of nine chill
dren, and man who has often appeared
before the Mayor for drunkenness, was
arraigned last evening for having assaulted
Mrs. Ellen Smith and taken some money
from ber by force. Mrs. Smith stated that she
had remained at the home of the Dougherty's
all night on the 29thy and in the morning
both Dougherty and his wife seized her and
by main force removed 81 80 from her stock
ing. During the scufile the woman's
clothing was much torn. Dougherty adj
mitted the charge, but said he and his wife
and the complainant had all been drunk
together and that the latter had first taken
the money from him, or at least rs cents of
it. John was held in $500 to answer at the
court the charge of larceny.
William ii. Moody, young colored man.
accused Robert Linn, large and burly
white fellow, of highway robbery. Linn,
the prosecutor stated, had, with a short,
thick>set man, seized him OH Tuesday night
and took from him $3.50 in money and a
quarter Of q pound of tobacco. The rob-
berry took place at the south end of Market
street bridge. Yesterday Linn was seen by
Moody, who had him arrested. The de-
fendant. who protested his innocence, was
held in $500 to appear at court.
James McCloskey was fined $40 and costs
for having assaulted Mrs. McGranery with a
brick and small Ratchet, with which he
cut cash on her elbow and inflicted a
scalp wound McCloskey had insulted Mrs.
McGranery's daughter, and when the
mother went to get satisfaction the conflict
took place. The fight occurred in the yard
of Specht d Spahn's brewery. The Mayor
told the prisoner he would like to turn him
over into the hands OF the mother and
daughter and let them deal with him, but
he would be compelled to only impose the
fine.
Joseph Wyman, a boy, was fined 81 and
costs for throwing stones into the yard Of
school No. s, and a woman was dismissed
with 30 cents for being drunk
THIS MORNINGS SESSION.
Henry Magruder, seedy-looking indi-
vidual, who assisted Robert Linn In rob-
bling William II. Moody, was arrested last
night and given hearing at . o'clock this
morning. Moody identified the man posi-.
lively us being the one who had seized him
by the throat. The prisoner, like Linn,
denied the charge, but was held in $500 to
appear at court.
Reese Pyle was charged with keeping a
disorderly house,, and making a noise on
Sunday, and selling ON that day contrary to
law. The defendant keeps cigar store at
Taylor and Kirkwood streets, and the plain
tiff, woman who lives in the house, testi-
fed that there was much swearing and loud
talking in the place, and cigars had been
sold on the Sabbath. She had also
been insulted by hangers-on around
the place, although she had never
seen Pyle commit any of the offences
charged. Several women living in the
neighborhood testified that the crowds at
the store passed Sundays and other days in
dancing and loud talking. The defense
claimed ttat the defendant was seldom in
the store which was left in chage of a 12-
year-old boy, who Wsss admitted to he /" a
little lively" After Py.e's mother had de-
clared the innocence of her son the case was
rested Reese was adjudged guilty, the fine
in the matter of the disorderly house being
remitted. For selling on Sunday fine Of
S4 was imposed, with costs.