The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-02-03
POLICE COURT PICKINGS.
Another Dose Of Crimes and
Punishments.
An Attempted Robbery.

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Gamblers and Liquor Dealers
Arrested, ETC., Etc.
Since last heard from The Police
Court has not been resting, but has
been about the liveliest resort In
the city. The following are a few
of the cases disposed of and pending
be ore Justice SpeiIs:
BATTERIES.
Thomas Davis was charged with
commit ing a battery upon the per-
son of Peter WINNER, on the morn
ing of January 22d, 1888. the testi-
mony on the part OF the people
showed that WINNER was brought
into the police office On the charge
by Nightwatchman Hilton, who
was accompanied by the defendant
Davis; that Hilton toOk q dirk from
Winners POCKET and struck him.
Officer Pratt then grabbed Hilton,
and at the same time Davis said:
l'Let me GET al the son of b-h,"
and struck Wimmar once in the
outh. loosening several teeth, and
also once in the breast. Several
witnesses were called for the de-
Tense, and denied the statements
made by those for the prosecution !;
buG the justice found the defendant
guilty and fined him $15 and costs.
Davis appealed to the District Court
Geo. Hilton is also charged with
beating WINNER, but his case is not
! yet heard.
| David Wells and james Walton
were charged with beating q man
named Jos. Hunter. Hunter is a
section hand on the u. G.. Ry, and
few days since lost i've ties be-
, longing to the company. He went
over to where the defendants were
| working at a well, and where
he supposed the ties to be, and had
9 some words with Wells. He says
! that Wells struck him and knocked
: him down on the ground, bruisinp
:. him considerably. Wells claimed
to have been struck first. Walton
was discharged and Wells fined $2l
and costs. A charge of threatening
against Wells and a charge of lar
ceny against David Wella, Jane!
n Walton and Jos. Walton were hearl
!, and cases dismissed.
: 1 man named Appleby for as
I saulting on old inebriate was as
sessed $40.
!, PISTOLS
al Michael l.. Cody was charged
, with drawing a revolver in q rude
Q and angry manner in the presenc,
! o. several persons said act not beins
done In self-defense. It was adducel
that q young man named Malin, de
string to 60 in the suburbs, asked 6
!. hsck driver what he would charge
to carry him to a certain point an(
r was told that it would cost him "a
[ Cody came forward and sale
D "He1l do it cheaper than that an(
I'll 60 with you.'' Malin pushed
9 Cody away and said he didn't know
him and didn't want him to inter
!; fere. Cody and Malin then indulget
! = in q pushing bee and Cody said 81
was only foeling"-but at the same
, time he pulled a revolver and -four
' ished it around, saying "Don't COM
!. near me or I'll kill you" He fnall.
o cooled off and walked away. HI
9 war arrested, tried, found guilty ant
), fined S55 and cost.
ANOTHER HOUSE.
q Minnie Moore, for keeping hOus
Il of illfame, was assessed 800. Tw
d Inmates were fined $50 each. Tn
/ amounts were paid and the partio
. released.
d ONE OF THEM CAUGHT AT LAST.
e John Archer, a bastard of the Pa
. LanderS stripe, was arrested upon
cbarge OF wilfully and designed,
making an indecent exposure of hi
person on the public streets to
number of little girls. A lady il
!. one of the lower wards noti0eu tn
lie man who was making indecent ges
n lures, and, calling her husband, In
u formed him OF Archer's conduct
Il He hailed friend and together the,
'e chased the wretch number Q
s blocks and finally captured him. Hi
j. exposures to the little girls wer
a afterwards learned and he wa
a locked up. This fellow is not
o stra u ger in the city, though he ha
l. not been here during the last thre
If years. Formerly he was many time
le sent up by the magistrate for drunk
ID enness, larceny, disturbing tn
70 peace, battery and other offenses
ar On Friday moraing he was takel
t. before Justice Spe!rs and pleade
to guilty to the charge, claiming as a
he excuse that he was intoxicated. Al
er torney Miner, for the prosecution
addressed the court and urged II
the strongest terms the necessity O
severely Furnishing culprits Of tn
character of the defendant; tbs
sc such a wretch deserved nothing les
be than bullet through his brain; tina
RS a defendant generally pleaded guilt
q in the hope of having sentence mi
81 igated, but this scoundrel knew tia
81 there was a good case against him
q. that the proofs were strong and b
,s' could not escape the punishment b
or so richly deserved. The defendan
II A.