Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-05-01
POLICE PULLINGS.

THE dockets of Saturday and Sunday fur.
nish 600 days labor 10 the city from fines un-
paid-equiyalent TO $3.50.
"OPEN FER up, Headrick. The dockets
pretty long, and the lawyers amt in yet
may be we can get through without 'em. Say,
how's Pleas Small this morning? Has his
head growed up, where that woman wilted
him with a spade? All right, is he? Well,
bring in the boys"
"HEADRIcK, adjourn this court, and want
you to be on nand early to morrow morning.
I've got four lawyers to try-got tough csses
sgln 'em, and by rights the court ought to
bsgiu an hour earlier. Now, don't you go
givIn' them reporters their names, because
the lawyers might attempt to get change of
venue. Pve got 'em, and if l can establish
the charges sgin 'em it will make it hot for
'em, and don't you forget it,"
"Now, seel There's Saturdays docket
worked eff, and nary lawyer got his work
in. There YVES some mighty fine points of
law involved, too. That reminds me-you
lead-pencil fellows make il business to
hop onto me whenever l drop a word that
you can make appear undiguifea, but when
ever any heavy business in law comes up
you never give NE credit tor the able opiu-
ions | work of-snd / never yet had one OF
my decisions reversed. A little variety in
your reports would enhance the value OF
your respective journals"
CONTINUED csses disposed of: George B
Ehrrest forfeited SIS forfeit on charge OF
assault and battery. Mr.. Stewart, violating
storm-water ordinance, discharged. H
Cloth, same offeuse, fined IS. John Height
ly, violating sidewalk ordinance, complied
and discharged. George Winchester and b
Pfoh roond .-in sfar1 IL
time extended to May 9Th. II. Carey, same
offeDse, discharged. II. A. Hamilton, same
ofense, time extended to May 9th. P. G
Meath, violating sidewalk ordin ance, time
extended TO May Sth. P. B. Jones, doins
business without license, discharged on com
| pliance.
SATURDAYS docket embraced Margare
| Cafheld, yagrant, sent 10 the poorhous=; 3
S. Meeks and Henry Brown, vsgrenis; tn
| latter fined S25, which was held up on cor
| dition that he leave town; Jack Givins, hues
s. and Morris Macc1be, g for plain DRINKS
| Matthew Stoue got IS and Thomas Bailey s.
| for being drunk and disorderly, the lattei
| taking twenty days on tAs gang. Five dollar
| each we're assessed against J. G. Andrews
Mary Jones, Julia Dunu, Albert William
sld A. B. HIiderson, all white, for disorder
ly conduct. George OrYin pays g, O
eight dsys on the gang, for nights lcdgini
in the gutter.
SUNDAYS docket vas made up'of miuo
| offenders, the heaviest bsing Shelby Morton
charged with drunk aud disordsrly snd car
rying concealed weapons. He was voted ,
fine of $50, and turned over 10 the Crimins
| Court. Bill Greeulaw was the next mos
important case. He got $40 or eighty day
on well-es. ablished charges OF assault ant
battery and disorderly con1uct. S. Huer
| bach, Beale street merchant, charged with
! doing business with open doors on the Sab
bath, was assessed fine OF SIS, Of which
$40 was held up. The remainder Of The
| docket embraced VIM. Garfield, colored, dis
orderly conduct, IS, took twenty days; Wal
ter Stocks paid 81 so for misdemeanor;
Grant johnson paid 50 for the same conduct;
Tom Childers, g for plain drunk; james
Nav, 81 for assault and battery, light Gaze
john Sullivan paid g, and John Mckinney
81 or eight days. for light ofeuses; John
Simpson, Walter Lawrence, Chas. T. Allen
and Moses ParchnauD, drunk and disorderly,
assessed IS each, excepting Parchmsnn, an
old chronic, who had TO be served with 81
or eighty DAYS; Charles II. Robinson, : gutter.
aEaauzr fined -