The daily gazette., 1883-03-09
POLICE HEARINGS.
Sinful Citizens Brought to the Bar of
Justice at the City Hall.


Justice at the City Hall.
Lewis Cox was the first prisoner tried be-
fore the Mayor at last evenings session of
police court, and he suffered to the extent
of $40 and costs, and was required to give
bail in the sum of 500 to keep the peace
toward his wife, who was the plaintiff In the
case, and testified that Lewis had beaten her
on several different occasions.
Sames Higgle who, according to his own
statement, was "neither drunk nor sober,
but about midway between the two, " was
fined 81 and costs.
John Mclaughlin and George Grubb, for
disorderly conduct at the saloon of Benjamin
Kopf, were fined So and costs and held in
800 bail each to keep the peace.
William L. Russen, for attempting to
break open his own house, in which his
wife had barricaded herself, and for threaten
ing TO break the neck of his wife, who re-
fused to let him in, was fined So and costs
and held in 500 to keep the peace.
Benjamin Maherd, eolored, boss driver
for james Crozier, was charged with assault
and battery upon Henry Brown, whose tes-
timony concluded: "Maherd was in the
car shovelling coal into cart and was
always finding fault with what was doing.
So said, What's the matter with you p
just so; and then he began to sass and hit
me over the legs, just So | said to him,
Don't you do that again, old man, or III
hurt you,' just so. And at this he hauled
off and hit me across the head. just SO. !"
Maherd excused his actions by stating that
Brown had given him sass, when he told
him not to sass him. He then said that
Brown had jumped out of the car and
"shied two bricks at him, one of which
hit him on the arm, the other only missing
him because he "ducked" down in the car
Brown called witness In his behalf, who
said: "All | saw was after they had sassed
for some time, Brown called Maherd liar,
and then they clung, and when | see that
they had clung, ] saw them fall in the
bottom of the car; and when they riz up
Brown was bleeding at the head" His testi-
mony was straightforward, but the Mayor
was compelled to look at the warrant to see
on which side he was testifying. Maherd
was fined so cents aud costs.
Isaac Hayden was held In 500 ball for his
appearance at court on the charge of taking
his fathers clothing and trying to sell them
to a second hand dealer on Front street.
Hayden representing to the dealer that he
was from Philadelphia and needed the
money to go home on. The prisoner ex-
planned that he had started out with the
best of intentions, had only put on his
fathers best clothes because he thought he
could get job quicker II he looked little
respectable; but that he had met a friend
who pursuaded him to sell the coat so that
they could get some liquor.
George Gaseous, colored was charged by
Sarah Jane Wright with being nuisance
about her house. After hearing all the evil
dence 1t cropped out that Sarah Jane and
another family live in the same house, and
that George instead of trying to bother
Sarah had only called upon young lady to
whom he was paying court in the same
house. But the fact that George owed
Sarah Jane 1925, unpaid board bill, caused
the parties to be on the outs and hence the
charge. George was fined so cents and
costs, which ended the proceedings for the
evening
This morning William Mosett, white, Ok
ford, Pa, and George Harris, black, this city
were each fined 50 and costs for drunken
ness and disorderly conduct.