Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-05-17
"cooPRR's INSTITUTE"

"CooPER's INSTITUTE"
A "young man from the country" teok in
q sight" after the concert Tuesday night,
every detail of which he will remember long
sitter the grand Music Fe,tival has been
forgotten. He visited house Of bad repute,
and the inmates tried to put up job on
him for all he WAS worth. He was alarmed
20 the extent that he locked himself in q
room aud Threatened to extsrminate whoever
entered it. A policeman was called and
succeeded in gaining admittance, the young
man rejoicing over his opportune arrival.
He preferred to pass the remainder of the
night in the stationheuse than in that place.
He and the keeper of The house were fued
SIS each, the lstter's attorney taking an ap.
peal. During the progress of the investiga.
ton, the young man and the woman's at
torney exchanged hot words, which the Court
checked by the warning: "If you two fell
lows keep on, first thing you know you will
find yourselves both in Jail. Pill do it as
cure as you're born"
MINOR OFFENDERS.
Andrew Kelly, colored roustabout on
the City of st. Louis, was turned over to the
State for stealing $40 watch from a decker
on the way up of that boat. A disturber of
the Mozart concert was charged SIS for his
fun-the value of season tink.t
Incidents.
Six dollars and 2S4 days work was all
the Police Court captured from the sinners
yesterday.
case came up in which one of the par
ties was an Iraeite. The attorney asked
the Court if the examination should be con-
Quoted in Serisc or Chaldaic.
SIS it not possible, owing to your brief and
nbop tarp of ,1olioaohi,, f.i
BILE that you are mistaken about this m an
being drunk when you arrested him? isehe
way young pesler " as paraiyzsd by drunk
and disorderly's counsel yesterday.
The entire bsr was paralyz.d on seeing
one of their members capture S. gold
piece as a fee in a hopeless case. It was
critically examined by each individual
member of the court, including the beech,
and pronounced all gold, and the owner was
copgr atulated on his luck.
A belated reporter annoyed the court yes
terday morning, and was threatened fine
Of IS. The unpleasautness was amicably
adjusted, the reporter making a cross threat
that no more of the courts reports would
appear in the police reports if the fine was
enforced.
John Lucas, colored, charged with u,ing
| nbusivo language toward Leanna Mitchell,
an old sweetheart, completely captured the
Court and all iIs clemency when, in response
10 whether he had been slaudering the wo-
man or not, he answered: mo, sir; / elan
ders no woman; thinks too much of EN-
ibid she damage you in any way?" "Nc
| more than swearing out this warrant against
me-" "You can 60, John. Charge this wo
nam dollar for malicious prosecution"
The lawyers were about to get ahead Of
the Court yesterday, but the latter saved him
self by timely whack of his maliet on thu
mahogany. The rantankarous lawyer wa
subdued to the extent that after order
was restored, and the Court announced
that he could proceed with the case, but ne
monkeyius, he replied, mo, sir, 1 cannot
proceed; you sat down on me go forcibly as
TO completely datt.n me out"
There are many ways Of torturing testi
mony 30 As to present it to the courts robbed
of profanity, obsceni'y, or other objection
able features. In casa yesterday, one o
the causes of complaint was an spithet tina
involved the chastity of cemplainanrs ma
iernal ancestry. The attorney pat it thus
"You say, sir, that this party used towar'
| you an ex preston in classic language which
was never uttered in the tents of Israel unit
after the Babylonisn captivity% "Yas, sar
it was sertsr like dat" replied the ebon-huet
testifer.