The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-12-29

From the Daily of Thursday.
POLICE PICK1NGS.
The Christmas Crop Of DRINKS
and D~isorderlles.
Monday Nights Robbery" Turns
Out a Simple Assault
A Field Day IN Judge French's
Court.
With its traditions of hilarious rev.
elry, and the custom which prevails
throughout christendom, of finging
care to the winds on Christmas day,
the dividing line between freedom
and license, is often lost sight of, and
in every city throughout the land,
the Christmas crop of arrest for
drunkenness and disorderly o m
duct, Is generally large. It is
no doubt true that the arrests
upon such occasion of public
celebration, do not generally belong
to the class of chronic buns whose
petty violations of law keep the po-
lice courts busy, and for that reason,
and because their superior intelli-
gence should keep them out Of the
police court purlieus, the names Of
Christmas offenders are given to the
world, as far as they could be
obtained. Over twenty arrests
were made during Tuesday and
Tuesday night, including twelve
city and five territorial cases,
while a number were run in more to
Keep them out of the cold than for
any offense committed. Six defend
ants pleaded guilty to the charges of
drunk and disorderly, were assessed
five and costs and promptly liqui-
dated. The following are, the cases
and their disposition:
John Doe and Richard Roe, drunk
and disorderly, pleaded guilty, fined
five and costs, judgment satisfied.
James Northrup, creating an inn
proper noise and disturbance, plead
ed guilty. Fined IS and costs. judy
ment satisfied.
Henry Dean, same offence, pleaded
guilty. and fined SIS and costs, in de-
fault of which defendant was COM
mitted.
G. A. Russ, same offence, pleaded
guilty, and paid five and costs.
J. Pagan, for an indecent exposure
of his person, was fined S. aud costs, |
which he paid.
Pat Mcdonald, who made the gun
play in O'Donnell's saloon, on Mon.
day night, was charged with assault
and released on bail.
Thomas Sheridan, Harry Lehman,
and Torrance Lehman mot the police
man): were arraigned on the charge
of assaulting Pat Mcdonald, on Up
per Main Street, Monday night. It
appearing that the robbery in this
case existed only In the frightened
imagination of the complaining wit
ness, the defendants were permitted
to plead guilty to charge of assault
and battery and sentence was de.
ferred until to-day. 1t a reported
that Mcdonald was very severely
handled by the three men and that
his condition yesterday indicated that
he was more seriously injured than
at first supposed. If such is the case
the defendants may have a more Sc
rious charge to answer to.
Frank Burns, charged with kick
ing up a row in a Park street saloon
will have a hearing to-day.
Another John Doe smashed the vi
olinist's fiddle in a Main street beer
cellar. He will have a hearing to-
day and if he pleads the execrable
Of the music, in extenua-
ton of his offense, the judge will
probably let him off light.
A complaint was filed against
Thomas Ray, charging him with car
rying concealed a deadly weapon.
B. Rossi, pleaded guilty to a dis
turbance of the peace and was
fined five and costs which he paid.
VIM. Woodhouse is an old habitue
Of the Police Court having been sent
up for various minor offences, no less
han five times during the past six
months. He pleaded guilty yester-
lay to the larceny of a quart of rum (;
rom the Washington brewery, and
he didn't plead the festivities of the
lay, in e~xtenuation. 1t was a straight I
'ase of steal and he seemed to want 7
lie court to &c understand it. Although
he didn't say so, the object of the 6
was evidently to secure
comfortable accommodations at the
Jail during the cold weather.
Jpen the Court announcing his SEN
ence of $40 and costs, the defendant t
vas disposed to demur, on the ground '
hat so short a term would bring him n
ut in the middle of January, when t.
he weather was likely to be the v
oldest Of the winter. The marshall "
sked the prisoner if he thought r.
e could find the Jail alone, if he v
ave him a note to the jailor to let c.
i'm in. "Oh, yes, SIR" answered b
ill, with an ~alacrity which showed L
is anxiety to get there, "I know the Il
Dad WELL" A
In Justice Nichols Court, Charles b.
hattuck was convicted of larceny in
J bailee, and in default of 500, tt
ne and costs, was committed to the &c
'unty jail. tt
John Doe, for carrying concealed a e.