Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-09-22
4 cRUEL JUDGE.
For Being Faithful to the Public,
He Refuses to Treat the Report.
ers for a Whole Month,
which Means Death to the
Lunch Observation-Disclosures
Severely Whacked.

Judge David Park Hadden wor,
an air at calm serenity, a sugar leafe,
hat, an abbreviated coat and a genera
get up that spoke valumes, a compIet,
set for his ability to get credit andthI
prosperity Of the Police Court.
I'm going to begin this matinee b.
a little solo, an if you fellows tina
shove Faber's give me away, I'm goin
to cut off your hop supplies and won
treat for q month"
81 feel very we'll,
feel very we'll,
lteel very we'll to-day;
Ny crops are growing at and big,
And that means cash for me.
Our criminals IN goln to sock,
And let the State to HAdes go"
was the first indication Judge Davi,
gave OF his intention to whack tn
sinners in the pen with severity.
I've been wearing low necke,
shoes ever since May, but their sole
are lost, an | don't propose to redeem
them. Now, Chief Davis, | find tina
the Court street sidewalks, from Sec
ond to the Charleston depot, to be- il
a horrible condition, an l want ever
foot fixed. The worst places are il
the neighborhood Of No. l04 an thu
Exposition building. The next tint
the Legislature meets We ought to geI
a law passed empowering the city Il
lay sidewalks an then make the own.
ers pay for the same. You a gambl,
big money that | would make thi
town look like a New Jerusalem. BuI
We can't waste our wind on wha'
might be, 30 hit the wall with YOU
voice, Hedriek, aud let people know
we're OPEN"
VIM. Muller only had one arm bu
his capacity for wine was equal to I
full limbed man. William halls from
Monroe, La, and he thought he wa
far enough from home to get on a jam
boree. He was gathered in, but re
leased by the Judge, who remarked
that Louisiana people seemed'to thinl
that they could drink as much corr
juice here as they could at home, bu
were badly fooled, as one good Mem
phis man could drink a LouisianI
heather under the table a dozen times
Mr.. Muller hOated out the hall on th
wings oftime IN such a sudden man
ner that be didn't even make a shad
ow.
Robert Connolly, charged with lar
ceny, will not be tried until Monday
W. r.. Henshaw was on a horizonta
drunk last evening and accepted th
services Of Officer Cullen in a walt
to the stationhouse. He was require
to give up 81 for his bed.
2. Harris, the young negro accuse
Of carrying concealed weapons an
laying in wait 10 kill a man Of hi
own color, asked and vas granted
continuance OF his case.
Willie Todd, a colored urehin, stol
a ten cent pair OF earrings, and wa
hauled in this morning. Judge Had
den discharged the boy on the promis
, OF thelad's mother to give him IL
lash es.
George H. Webb, on the docket fc
! disorderly conduct and trying to clea
out a whole workshop with q gun, ha
/ his case continued.
7. NJ. Bartlett, charged with con
hitting larceny in Upton count,
waived an examination.
/, Mary jackson, a full-blown colore
damsel, was incarcerated for disorder
|, conduct and assaultiug Celia Pain,
i with a knife last Wednesday nigh
Mary will probably remain on ii
!, rock pile for forty days, unless somt
! body pays her fne of $40.
Jack Egan and Jim Blaine wei
drunk, but left a forfeit of s. each f
their appearance. They failed /
:, show up and the court gobbled Ii
3 cash.
Court then adjourned, after givin
the police instructions to keep a shar
I lookout to morrow aud see that th
religious worshipers we're not dii
. turbed.