Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-30
A COLD DAT FOR CRIMINALS.

OOA@D Ill run S1SAAAA4 HIS
me number was Comparatively Limited,
but Nearly All of Them Got "Left"-A
Fatr of Bruisers-An UngratefuI Guest
Minnie Shelter in Court as Defendant,
Accused of Larceny, but Discharged,
The docket in Justice Burr's court YES
terday was light. The most important
case was that of William O'Hara, who had
been taken in by Martin Milan and pro-
Vlded for, but who had returned the hos
pltality extended by robbing his benefac-
tor. There were no aggravated cases of
drunkenness or disorder, and the causes
were disposed of as called with a celebrity
that was decidedly refreshing. This being
Decoration day equal expedition will char
acterlze the proceedings.
William Stewart and George Locke.
Locke admitted charge OF disorderly con-
duct but Stewart said it wasn't so. Ser
geant CALVIN testified that he found the
men in deadly embrace on Seventh street.
and but for his intervention there's no
telling what the results might have BEEN
Stewart stated that he had been assaulted
by Locke without the slightest provocation
and exhibited his wounds as evidence that
he had been unequal to the task of coping
with his adversary. His eyes were in
mourning, and his general appearance
rendered decidedly unattractive. The
court fined Locke SIS and fifteen days,
and Stewart $40, and ordered them to
dwell together in harmony in the future.
John Berger charged with vagrancy, ex-
planned that he had but just come to the
city from Missouri, ell the way from Pike.
and would endeavor to obtain work. Officer
Larson discovered John after he had been
histed out of brewery for the
dozenth time, and considerably
the worse for liquor. The court
took into the consideration of his case the
fact that accused was a stranger in the
city and dismissed him with warning.
William O'Hara was arraigned for the
theft of $13 from Martin Milan, a citizen
of the Sixth ward. O'Hara had been a
guest of Milan, and on Monday morning
after breakfast, Mrs. Milan missed
$l3 in silver which had
been tucked away behind an ornament in
the bar. The police was notified and
O'Hara was found in Minneapolis, where
he purported to have gone to secure en-
ploynent in machine shop. In con-
versation had between the parties at the
time of the arrest, O'Hara denied the
theft, but subsequently confessed the
crime and agreed that he would make it
al. right. Milan, however, was not dis
posed TO compromise, and hence the arrest.
He acknowledged his guilt to Officer Casey,
which acknowledgment was further con
firmed by the finding of portion of the
pelf in his possession. The prisoner aver
red that this was his first offense and made
plea for mercy which the court dealt out
IN doses of $50 fine and ninety days in the
work house.
Minnie Shelter who appeared in court
Monday morning as prosecutrix of Mat
Kelley, was called yesterday morning as
defendant in charge of selling liquor to
minors. Mat Kelley as aforesaid who
caused a ruction in Minnie's mansion
Saturday night was the infant to whom
she had sold the bug juice, and he was on
hand to tell the court all about the bust
ness. Minnie wasn't ready to plead how
ever, and hearing of the evidence was
postponed until tomorrow morning, when
If the fact of her selling liquor to one of
such patent innocence and gentleness. as
Mat is established, she will be severely
dealt with.
George Peyton was arraigned for lar
ceny and his attorney in entering a plea
of not guilty, demanded that the cause be
submitted to the consideration
of ira arso Jury. In an investigation of
the fac ue5p which the charge was
based, l-ey were found entirely too gauzy
to hold Nater, and the accused was dis
missed.
W. j. Mcbride is accused of keeping his
| saloon, on Wabashaw street, open after
the hour provided by law when saloons
should be closed. He. obtained contin-
uance until Thursday, when it is expected
he will prove that he did nothing of
| the kind.
An Italian named Vespucio Otila,
charged with maintaining a nuisance on
st. Peter street, was given until this morn
ing to abate the same.