Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-05
POLICE POINTS.

Seven arrests yesterday and seven
sermons to-day.
The lyric tones Of the classic attor.
ney we're not heard to-day.
"a plain drunk the point of the
most 'arrowing joke" is a proverb Of
Judge SolomOnza Hadden.
A darky named George Williams.
who was found with sack under his
arm late last night, vii! serve 40 DAYS
on the gang.
-Four dollars were taken in TODAY.
which added to $25.75 collected 6y
the station keeper yesterday made 3
fair pile for the public pocket.
You'll have to hustle them police
up. Oap'n; we amt gittin in money
fast enough. At this rate we won't
git the cupola on the station house
this year, remarked the Judge to-
day.
Dave G. Miller, colored, was arrested
on warrant sworn out by Chief Davis
last night, charging him with the mur~
der OF his neice. |. is said he struck
her with strap, while she was in del.
lcate health. slast week, causing her
death within three or four days.
A warrant was sworn out yesterday
for j. Reeder, whom his wife com.
planned was in the habit of getting
drunk and abusing her, but when he
was fined $50 to>day she made such a
fearful plea in his behalf that the
Judge RENTED $48.
l am more and more impressed
with the idea that except for whisky
the wheels OF this ere court would
cease to go round unused His Solo
mOnza this forenoon. But would |
not be like Judge 0thello if | became
a protectionist2 That is the ques-
ton"
A messenger interrupted the pro.
ceedings to-day with a note to the
Judge, asking bis attendance at a
meeting. He dismissed the carrier
with the remark that be wouldn't
have time to attend, but they might
lay his salary one side, and he would
manage to fight his way through the
days work in time to call for it before
the banks closed.
One OF the witnesses in a vagrancy
case to day was Cut Shoe Sbang u
another "Plain Mud" and third q
shave pated, bullet headed darky
whom; the chronological President
remarked at once, must know all about
the case, as his bump of inuuisitiye
ness seemed to be largely developed
But wise men are sometimes fooled
He knew nothing except that "the
prisoners just dropped in occasionally
=" and they'll also drop out" put
In His Honor. Just show EN- to the
men at roll call and let EN- slide. So
apiece ! ketch 'em agin. Move on
boys. Lively now"
Capt. O'Haver presented warrant
to be sworn to to-day, and the Judge
clutchiDg the paper with one hand
while he raised the mallet alolt with
the other, began rapidly: do you
solemnly swear that the statement
here made is true TO the best of your
knowledge and belief, SO help you-so
$3.50 help you God2 | say, He'd.
rick, | want you to get a Bible for
this court, | need a solemn reminder
occasionally" Mike Garvin remarked
that there used to be an old COPY of
the city ordinances lying around that
witnesses were sworn on, but the
Judge wanted something more bind
ing, he said.
A copble of table cloths belonging
to Mrs. Speed we're stolen from the
house OF her washerwoman yesterday.
and one of them was afterwards found
behind trunk in the room of Alyina
Armstrong, who lives next door to the
laundress. The name, however. had
been torn from the corner, thus max
log its ownership obscure enough to
secure Alvina's acquittal. One of the
washerwomans sweet number nine
shoes was deposited upon the bench,
which was also said to have been
stolen from her by Alvina. The ac
cused declared that it was all piece
of spite work, that her acouser was too
proud to deliver her own wash, while
she, the prisoner, was celebrated for
her daily trips about the city with
basket as big as a hog8head on her
head.