Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-08
POLICE POINTS.

"Just a plain drunk, Ell, DevenY'
YES, Yerrunner. 20 K.-two.o o.
"There is more eloquence wasted
around this court over small cases than
ever knew existed in this bar be-
FORE" said His Honor to>day.
A condenser or packing machine
was ordered by the Court to day at
the suggestion of the classic attorney,
to pack ideas into the heads OF the
satellites Of the court.
Nina Carr used so many bad words
while in 9 passion yesterday that she
did not have the face to appear and
claim her forfeit of s. to-day. It wa:
swept into the city treasury.
VIM. McCarty, an old gray headed
man. who ought to have known bet
ter, was discovered last night kicking
vigorously al the door of q siren who
who refused him admittanoe. III
was discharged with a lecture.
Judge Hadden attended a wooder
wedding last nightk and expressed
himself so much delighted that he
will never let another one pass By
except those to which he is not invited
And then" he says, lit is a nice, un-
expensive kind of entertainment you
know. Now when it comes to silver
and gold weddings you can just count
me out" he added.
One of 1.-THE toughest cases Patrol
man Dean has tackled for some time
was Lizzie Clark, whom he found
promenading the streets in drunken
condition last night. She fought like
a tiger with her teeth and nails and
finally drew barlow from somewhere
about her skirts, with which she cut
the officer in the arm. In court to-
day the united efforts of the court
and three officers were required to
hold her down. She was fined $40,
and at once became so abusive and
uncomfortable that it was necessary to
lock her in silent cell alone with her
own meditations.
The classic attorney had a case on
hand to day that he wanted to sup
press, withdraw, and keep out of the
papers, and posing in his most pre-
Raphaelite style, said: your Honor
is surrounded like Jupiter upon his
throne by two scribes, one upon the
right and one upon the left-two
chiefs amang ye takin' notes, an sure
they'll publish them. My desire,
honored sir, is to throw a wet blanket
over the throne, and extinguish the
sparks which soon may light the pub
lies mind. Say, Judge, let US with
draw this warrant.
"A great many people ask me why |
don't fine the DRINKS more, remarked
the Judge to day, IAN tell 'em they
don't know the class | have to deal
with. Now, these town fellows git
drunk, aud raise the town, ale the
very toughest customers, aud always
fine 'em heavy. One man, a good sort
of fellow too, has paid at least a couple
Of hundred in fines this year, and is
good for many a dollar more. But it's
these railroad hands that come into
town and Iiup and lie down on the
sidewalks, that | fire SO light. 1t is
true, | only git 81 apiece out of EN-,
but then there's more fun in 'em than
in any other kind Then the lecture
counts for some thing. 1t seems to
sink down in their souls so deep"
A very pretty but very, very bad
girl, Eva Williams, was arrested
yesterday for stealing $50 from Jack
When the officer went to
the house to see about it, in company
with Robertson, the latter, who was
drinking, was taken into the next
room and searched, without the
officers knowledge, by some of the
girls. They claimed they found the
money in his stocking. Robertson
then refused to prosecute, but both
names we're entered. The Judge
remarked this was a very unusual
place for a man to carry his money,
but in the absence Of proof was
obliged to content himself with one of
those ironclad lectures for which he
has become famous.