Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-05-11
COMEDY OF ERRORS
As Rendered at the Police Court, the
Boss Playing q Star Engagement,
Supported by Cast
Selected from Prominent Characters
Among the Bar, Police Force,
and Offenders.

smiles IS be tTsverssd the aisles Of the taber-
nScie Of police justice yesterday morning on
his way to the bench. 4 glance at the docket
containing the names Of goodly number Of
cases, the msjority being y drunk and
| disorderliez, revealed the cause. He evidently
anticipated material upon which to bestow q
vast amount o. neral lecture. Before the
| opening overture, however, the bar got into =
| wraugie over : case Ia which il was difficult
| 10 determine which side was the defendant.
| 1t was finally agreed that one should assume
| to- be prosecutor, but another important
| question arose-ths prosecutor was the
| molher-In-laS Of defendant, and the main
witness. Defendants attorney thereupou
| advised his client 10 submit his case and
| pray the clemency OF the Court rather thsn
become the victim OF HE mother-in-aw's ire
Said he: ST you ever give a mother.in-aw
| q chance at you its 4 clear case of gone
| fswnskin." The case WE thus disposed OF
| when called.
| SIDEWALK AND STORM. WATER yIoLAToRs.
Several cases new and continued from pre-
| vi0us docEe's, we're called. In some in
stances the orders of the Court had beea
complied with and tue victims d,sch srged,
while others were given further time 10 do
the work.
"A NoHART LOOSE"
Before the proceedings had fairly got un-
| y,
resounded Wit the voice of female con-
fned in cell below, rendering seleclion
from ons of The operas with skill, precision
and sweetness Of tone that would have been
the envy of the most ambitious primd donna
The Court, every member of the bar, all the
officers, and even the audience, bsnt their
ear Ia The direction, aud Tor the moment the
breathing of gnat on the Wail-hsd there
been one there could have been heard in
the courtroom. "Phvat's thai, yer honor?"
asked member of the bar. 'I'il be dad
blasted If l can tell you" replied The Court,
"unlsss one o. them ere Mohsrts has got
loose" When informed that it was one OF
the prisoners the Cour' Withdrew the i'm
piled reflection.
A RARA AVIS.
A eolsyed prosecutor IN vicious dog case
was relating his story. concluding with the
, arts sought 10 be employed in dissuading
j | him from prosecution. The dog owner mad
; invited bin tc take glass of beer, or wins
; but he was no beer drinker. The Court sug
gssted that ne Wss a fit subject for a photo
graph, that the image of 80 exemplary al
Individual should be perpetusted az livins
example Of temperance and sobrieiy TO
| generations TO come.
THE VICIOUS Dog.
The shove witness told the circumstance
+ OF the assault upon him by the dog, display
e ing a broken place in the leg of his pants II
: veri6ca.ion OF bis story The offense of tn
animal was intensified by The fact that it hat
npped he calf without ever giving warn
ing groWl. The dc. was sentenced 10 death
THE COURT EVEN WITH HIS ToRMENToRs.
A very di-ordsrly drunk was up, but
! found sympsihizar among the members o
the bar, who plead his csse. Said the sltor
ney: Nov. sir,'if your honor please, say
this man going along quietly notwiths, andin
= the strong arm OF The law was bearing heav
! lily upon his shoulders" NOV look here, ,
interrupted his honor, "you can't come non
( o that story on me- ssw this man myself
e and the officer was having great difficulty il
bringing him &c the ststionboUss-you see
Pm even with you one time. No sir, Their
are no exteauating circumstances in thi
s case-S5"
THE COURT YIELDS
A poor, unfortunate woman was srraigns'
= for drunk and disorderiy, IN which il VS.
4 proven that the d.sturbs nce abe saads wa
caIssA 5y some school children annoying her
III A lawyer plead her cause, and got of, a
] Judge Waters q. ylss il, ivan % them fight
o. fancy" during which he related tn
troubles that had sffi;cted the poor woman
I life. His pathetic appeal was rewsrde'
! with fine Of s. against his client, bu
: which the Court held up on condition @
ii good behavior in future.
IL A GRAVE OFFENDER GETS oFF LIGHT.
A young man of rather good appearance
in dress ard depefsHsnt was up, charge
| with drunk and disorderly, but the evidenc
I against him showed that those were th
milder features of bis effenss. He had use
l insulting language 10 a little SCHOOL gil
] ! passing along the street, and come youu
! men near hy, who witnessed it, were goin
] to give him thrashing for II. The Office
l came luckily along in the nick Of time, an
( prevented ii by aTres;ing him. He offered n
Z def use other than that he was drunk sn
] did not know Wha. he was doing; he hs
J met with some relatives he had not seen fc
! long time, and they had been drinking tt
/ getker. = fine Of IS wss assessed sgain
4 him, with the sdmonitiou that he ought nC
| to run with his relatives when drunk.
= RICH MAMMALS ANGEL.
4 colored woman was charged with viol;
ton Of the sanitary ordinance, in that 81
l. had wilfully stopped up The sewer by pou
4 ing into it buckets of asher, sticks and trss
generally. Three witnesses Of her sex an
color, testified against her, to the effe
that she said she was going away 5000, an
she wanted TO do some devilment any bo,
She said: 81 don't care if l do choke up Il
sewer, yen all will get arrested and got M
. body 10 take you our, while if Pm arrested
~ got rich mamma will pay my fine" II vi
T. further proven by The officers that she WAS
: generally disreputabls character. "a
y right" said the judge, "Tll just make it 5:
~ against you, and your rich mamma can con
=, = up aud foot the bill. The owner or agen
- OF this property mus. be warned 20 clean Of
y this sever, aud PIl manage to keep the lei
10 ants well fined until it is DONE"
NO MORE BALL PERMITS
4 case OF giving bail without licen
came ~, in which it Was shown that b
honor had given permit, but III Al the psrti
had evaded the ordinances against aljowi.
the sale of intoxicating beverages by givir
the ball in place where there was reg
lsrly licensed saloon. The case was di
charged, but the Court declared that no mo
permits would be issued.
. CRIMINALS PROM THE NURSERY.
The case OF the day was that against fol
colered boys, ranging in sge from six
er fourteen years, accused of tapping the till
&c Sam Schueider's bakery on Beais street. N
l Schn eider testified that Willie Cole, the ED
Ia OF the qusrtette, had stationed himself on Il
opposite side from his store, and, with site
gave the signal TO the three kids when &
oppertune moment came to make the ra
on his cash drawer. He heard the noise al
gave chase. One OF the boys had the draw
on his head; the other took the money OF
10, amounting to $40, besides some jegelry al
Il other valusbles. He caught ons of the boz
=. and recovered the greater part Of the none
y Other parties identified me boys % haviI
. committed similar raid. on them. Three
Inc younger boys we're discharged on sccou
OF ing under the legal age at which tn:
could b. held amensble TO the Grimm