Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-28
BUsYIHG HIS BRAIN.
Judge Hadden Considerably Wor'
risd Over the Statute Demand
inga Fee FOX the State,
but He Rallies sufficiently 20
Make it Warm for the sinners
Arraigned Before Him.

"I'm q badly broken up man to-
day." remarked Judge David Park
Hadden, around about 9 o'clock and
the corner Of Adams and Second
streets this morning, as he wiped .
pearly tear from his nose and famed
himself with a bandana. Yes,
I've been up pretty near all night,
trying to get the hang Of that new
State code that's going to make me
give up dollar to the State for every
case | try, or else send the criminals
to Nashville. don't know what 70
do about it, but | sort Of reckon I'll
Turner over to the Attorney General
an let him do some of the sweat
ing" e4
John Doyle, come out Of the pen
and tell me how you managed to get
outside of so much bug juice last
night while me and the newspaper
men we're all hard at work, said His
Honor, as he drowned nomadic
cockroach with stream Of tobacco
saliva. "Hah, It's evident you don't
know me; I'm from the great and
growing State Of Arkansaw, and"
"Yes | do, John; I've got a farm and
several roam mules over there. Three
dollarsp
John Smith, a young colOred boy,
was run in by Officer Logan on q
charge of larceny and vsgrancy. The
prosecution failed to establish either
charge, although it was pretty fairly
shown that the defendant was not a
desirable citizen. The lads father,
Jerry Smith, was in court,
and the eagle eye Of His
Honor spied him out. Jerry" said
the Justice. II believe this boy is
your son"
"Yes, sab, "lisped the proud father.
II suppose you have trained the lad
to work as hard as you do yourself.
You have, ehP All right. That's
enough to condemn him. Now,
Jerry, | have seen you in this court
every morning during the last eigh,
teen months,an a man that spends his
time that way hasn't much work to
do. Nobody has any particular bust
ness here except the reporter and my.
self. One Of the barristers tell me
you are a cobbler-a sort Of Sorry
cobbler, | suppose. Now, ] don't
ike that kind Of q mixture, 80 I'll let
your son 60 this time, but you want to
walk chalk line, or we will get you
BOTH 40
Here's this case of Barney Farrell,
the pugilistic hackman. | believe
he's laid up, SO Twill do Barney q
kindness by declaring his forfeit Of
SO. Barney will thank me for this,
and Ill do a gracious act to myself by
getting the case off the docket"
John Tillsman was mixed up last
night with a dose Of Wolf creek
water and tanglefoot. He gave up 81.
Mollie Blair, notorious evil mind
ed colored woman and one of q gang
Of every day domestic warriors, was
called up to answer a charge Of being
disOrderly and using abusive Ian.
guage. The prosecution was repre-
sented by two well known white bar
risters, while the defense had two
colored legal lights. The attorneys all
wanted to give evidence. but
isHonor squelched them by remark
ing, "0h, Shaw, [ don't take anything
you lawyers say as the truth at all; III
discharge the case, but if l hear Of
you, Mollie Blair, or of any of those
women around you talking above a
whisper, I'll bring you in ana straight
en- you out like Single"
+. +. Duty has been running q liv-
cry wagon without q license, and he
was therefor assessed 81.
Tom Shuler rode through the Beal
street market on horseback and acted
worse than Texas owboy. Thomas
said he was a stranger, and the Judge
remarked that 81 would cover the costs
Of introducing him to the city. %
After counting up the court found
that sl3 had been taken in and 1e
days charged up.