Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-08-15
L0GAL INTELLTGENCR.

ALL ABOUT PIECE or BRAss.-Several
hours Of the valuable time of one police
Judge, several policemen, a sub-p-osecut-
ing attorney, one lawyer, three newspaper
reporters, 4 few respectable citizens. a
5aIoon-keeper and whole army of gentle
men OF leisure, were consumed yesterday
IN the trial OF case involving the question
IS to which OF two individuals had robbed
drunken man of 4 brass watch worth at
the rate of about four bits bushel. And
Of all the fearful swearing that was ever
heard in :. Cogrt of justice that Of the wit
ncsSeS examined in this case deserved TO
take the cake" The man that lost his
watch knew nothing about the affair. ex-
cept that the so-cailed tiInepiece exhibited
in Cortland for the theft Of which one
Patsy Hogan was arrested-was not. his.
One Nathaniel Jones sold the watch
to Hebrew gentleman (the first in
stance on record of one having
the fancy price Of 81 50. He claimea that
Hogan, pard OF his, whose headquar-
tiers were about the Casino Saloon. on X
street between Second and Third, had
banded him the piece Of brass and nickel,
with request that he should get 81 50 for
IT, as he needed. it just then in his business.
the vas engaged in game Of cards, and
had been frequently stuck for tine
dnnkS.) Jones got the money. and saws
be gave it to Hogan. Hogan swears he
never saw the watch, and gave no such
piece Of goods 10 Jones' johnson, the
man who had lost 4 watch could not idcn-
tity the one IN Court as his; wherefore, if
1t We're no; his, and henever lost il. neither
Hogan nor Jones could well have stolen it
from him Jones swure that Hogan spent
most Of the proceeds OF the sale for three
shirts, but now comes the proprietor OF the
saloon, and swears that the money with
which the shirts were bought was fur
nishcd by himself to Hoggn-the consid-
Grafton being simply love and affection.
After hearing all the confused and CON
uicting mass of testimony the Court de-
Gded TO take the matter under advisement
tor day. The question seems to be: Did
Johnson lose any watch If he did, what
OF Il, inasmuch as the one in question was
not his? Did Hogan steal from Johnson a
watch which the latter never had or did
Jones steal it from him? If neither Hogan
nor Jones stole the watch from Johnson,
which is the guiltier of the two? Johnson
doesn't know the watch, Hogan never saw
IT. and Jones had it Tor only q. few minutes
Just long enough to sell it. The only
person that seems to be out anything is the
merchant who paid 4 dollar and half for
H. unless it be those who were obliged to
sit and listen to the wholesale perjury that
was committed.
\ PRIsoSER WHO WAS Nor INHaIsoNEp.-
Governor Stoneman has granted pardon
to Cyrus B Cooper, the colored bigamist.
convicted in the Superior Court of this
county in January, 1895, and who was SEN
fenced to imprisonment in the State Prison
for . term Of years. The Board of Prison
Directors rnpprp ny arHal thp r,a r1p l,a
grounds that Superior Judges Mcfarland
and Van Fleet, District Attorney Carey.
eleven OF the jurors, and a number of citi-
gens represented by petition that Cooper
committed the crime without knowledge or
intent, and had always borne good char
acter. Cooper has been out on bail ever
since be was sentenced, and has been EN-
ployed rs cook by John c. Boggs, who was
mainly instrumental in securing his par
don. 1t would seem from this, that bigamy
Is not crime and receives, not only the
endorsement Of the Judiciary, but iuries and
attorneys as well. The citizens who are
posted in regard TO the case referred to will
no doubt be astOnished when they ascer-
tain that Judge Mcfarland and Judge Van
Fleet implOred the Governor for Cooper's
pardon.
BASEBALL To-MoRRow-There will be
an interesting game of baseball at Agri-
cultural Park tomorrow between the Stars,
Of San Francisco, and the Atlas, Of this
city. The Stars will be composed of: VI.
Cregan, catcher; J. Mullee, pitcher; A.
Percy, second base; b. Daley first base
il. Cannon, right field; T. Mullee, center
field; J. Hack, short-stop; W. McLaugh-
lin left field I. Kennedy third base The
Alta nine will be: Robertson. short stop
Meagher, catcher; Sullivan, center field
Flint, second base Ahern, first base Hill
bert, left field; Hennessey, third base
Renfro, pitcher; Feyhl, right field The
game viii be called at go P NJ Admis-
sion, p cents; children, 10 cents.
THE GRANT MoNUMENr.-The work OF
the Grant Monument Association of Cali
fornia has been already actively entered
upon. The Directors throughout the State
have been notified by Secretary Latham oil
their election, and correspondence entered
nto concerning the description, measure
ments and cost of the equestrian statues
erected at Washington. of Generals Scott
jackson, Meade, Thomas, Mcpherson and
DINERS. meeting of the Executive Com
mlttee OF the Association will be held al
floneer han at o'clock this evening, to
arrange the details for the collection OF
funds, and carrying out the purposes of the
examination.
POLICE CoURT.-These cases were yester.
day disposed of: John Norton and Louis
Strauss, charged with keeping disorderlv
houses, had their cases dismissed ON pron,-
Use of an abatement of the nuisance and
payment OF costs......R. Henderson and
Frank Moore, charged with drunkenness,
forfeited their deposits. THE charge of
battery against John Hennessy was dis
dismissed, at the request of the prosecutinr
witness, and on payment of costs. 80 The
case of Patrick Hogan. charged with this
larceny of watch. was heard and taken
under Amusement until this morning at 10
O'Clock
AUCTION SALE.-Dock e. Co., auciioneers
will sell q lot of horses and buggies in from
OF the Fountain stables to-day at 10 O o'clock
LADIES box-toe Oxford ties, 81 a pair
Ladies 3-strap sandals, 81 pair FIT,
other lots at equally low prices in our sail
to-day. Red House.
THE cheapest, clearest and best beer OF