Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-26
MN THE POLICE COURT.

Not Much Work For Judge Pickett ! Hut several Prisoners Who Ate | Their Christmas Dinner At The | Jail.
 1 There were not many lool5ers-on in the po-
 lice court yesterday morning and the court room was not decorated with greens. Judge l Pickett took his seat behind his desk in the court room shortly after 9 o'clock and glanc- l ed towards the ten fifteen prisoners in the l dock, some of whom were to take their l Christmas dinner at the County jail, and some of them looked as if they didn't care
 much where they went to- After Court Officer Nettleton and some of the lawyers present had finished wishing each other I Mrs. Henrietta P. Covert, a white woman. both ot whom were charged with adultery, they having been arrested in the early Dart of the week in a room in George street ho- tel. When put to plea they both pleaded ! not guilty, and they were bound over to the January term of the Superior court under S400 bonds. They were unable to obtain a bondsman and were led down stairs to the lookup to wait for the rest of the prisoners
 who were to go to jail, that they could all take morning ride out the avenue
 together.
 James N. Green, who was before the court
 charged with not supporting his wife, had
 his case continued until to-day, when he will
 probably be made to support his wife or
 spend at least portion of the winter in the
 county hotel.
 Richard Wilson, John Gleason, Lawrence
 Schneider, John Grown, Daniel Brophy,
 Charles Deylin had celebrated Christmas eve
 by getting intoxicated and they presented |
 disgusting sight as they patiently waited l their turn to be called up before his honor. | Grown, Schneider and Gleason were each l given a fine and costs for their fun, while Judgment was suspended in the other cases.
 Alexander Williams, a steward on the steamer Continental, was accused of stealing B in money from a man named Kane. with whom he roomed, and his case was continued until to-day to give him an opportunity to prove that he did not steal the money.
 Charles Lexen, Swede, employed at the New Haven wire mill, when called before the judge presented a pitiful sight His face was badly bruised as if he had been severely handled by someone He was charged with being drunk, breach of the peace and with carrying concealed weapons. Lexen was arrested by Officer John MeGrath late Thursday evening for being being in a. fight. which took saloon, during which pane of glass was broken ill one of the saloon windows and | i replaced sometime during the night, evident l.; y to hide that there had been any fuss ' here Officer McGrath took Lexen, who vas pretty we'll battered up, to the precinct t where loaded 32-calibre revolver was taken rom him and the above three charges were made against him. He could speak very lit le English and being, as he was, very dumb, ould tell nothing whatever about himself. | IT Brown of the wire mill | rave bonds for his appearance in the court .esterday morning, and he was released. Iery little could be gotten out of him in l he court and his case was continued until | q londay so that an investigation can be il nade. r
 The session of court lasted about two l V ours, and after the last prisoner had been . isposed of Judge Pickett started home to n nJoy his Christmas dinner while Driver ft Vatrous hitched up the ''Black Maria" and te ave the persons who were to go to the iail a VI leasant mornings ride in that direction rf