St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-13
TEEE CHTY;S CRIMINALS.
Offenders that Went Through the
CjGy,s G0urIs in "a TgeIVe-MOnth-.
Fines Collected.

Offenders that Went Through the
CjGy,s C0urIs in q: TTyeIye-MOnt
Fines Collected.
The annual report of the municipal court
for the fiscal year ending Nov. l. 1856, has
Just been completed by j. j. Ahern, the
clerk Of tie court. The business of the
court has increased wonderfully during the
past year, more especially in the criminal
department of this temple of justice. Judge
Cory and Associate Judges Hall and Ford
had their judicial attention called to 6,020
criminal cases. !, 459 being misdemeanors
and 427 Offenses against the state and in
1860 Of the cases cOntinuances were
granted. The fines collected from criminal
cases amounted TO S21. 457. 10. The crimes
and oifenses for which persons were ar
lagRed include almost every known crime
and offense ON the books, from murder
down To leaving horse unhitched on the
public streets.
STATE CASES.
The airaigHmentS for OtfenSeS against the
state were as follows:
Assault with dangerous weapons, 81; for
gerry, II; burglary, Il; grand larceny, 59; EN-
bezziement, l.; bastardy, 10; illegally prac-
ticing medicine, .; reckless driving, causing
death. l: attempted rape.2; incest, l; murders;
arson. ); seduction, ); obtaining goods under
false pretenses, /; horse stealing, ,; selling
moitxaged property, /; burglary, II; mis-
pl eng railroad switch, 2; sWindling, ,; ob-
tanning none under false pretenses, 3;
adultery, 8; confidence game. /; receiving
stolen property, 3: Cruelty to animals, l.;
rape. ?: kidnapping. ,; bigamy, l; malicious
destruction of property, p Total, 2J9.
Out OF this number of arraignmentS,
eight We're females, three being charged
with adultery, two with kidnapping, one
with ENLIGHTENMENT. one with assault with
a dangerous weapon and one with grand
larceny.
INSTANTANEOUS.
The arragnments for misdemeanors
numbered /, 495, the OtfenSeS being given
below:
Drunkenness, ,022; drunk and disorderly,
"a; disorderly conduct, l,0G2; assault and
battery, ga; petty larceny, 400; vagrancy,
515: keeping house OF ill-fGme, 81; visiting
houses Of Ill-fane, 2l; using abusive and
obscene language, II; obslructing streets,
10; 1ast driving, So; selling liquor without
license. -; iucOrrigibiity, ID; gambling, 6;
contempt OF court, s; swindling, 3; saloons
open alter midnight, Z; failure TO put out
DANGER signal, II; eXcavatng in street, 81;
disCrderlY houses, >; violation of
militia law, ); resisting officer,
>; selling liquor TO minors, II;
ceaie1 weapons 3; suspicious characters, 10;
keeping q, <sdered horses. 3: violating drug
law, 8; leie M horses unhitched =; blowing
locomotive whistle, /; exposing person, 3;
destroying property, 4; shooting in city
limits. :: scattering paper On steeet 5;
threatening with bodily harm, /; keeping
saloon open on Sunday. 10; driving over ire
hose, l: street walking, IA; violating game
law, >; breaking seat in railroad car, 81;
shooting hre-crackers, 4; keeping vicious
dog. 10; cruelty TO animals, 3: bathing Ia
river. I; selling liquor on Sundays %; fail
ing to provide for family, /; confidence
game. /: deiacing properly, l; selling liquor
election daf, l; wiGe beating, :;
till tapping. l; keeping gambling house, q;
improper conduct. L; cOasting on street, =;
violating heal ordinance, 70; bull ling Ordin-
ance. So: pound ordinance, IL; railroad ordin-
Rnce. Il; employment bureau ordinance. 4;
dog ordinance, l; smoke ordinance, q; run
ners' ordinance. 2; BARRIERS ordinance, IL;
dray ordinance. ,: pawnbrOsers' ordinance, J.;
plumbing ordnance. +; junk ordinance, 1.
Total. /, 459. CT this plumber of arraignmentS
421 were female, 113 being charged with dis
orderly conduct; 6G with keeping house OF
ill-fane; IS with drunkenness; ~ with drunk
and di-orieriy; u with assault aud battery;
/ < win street walking: 10 with petit larceny;
IL with visiting houses OF lil-fame.
DISPOSITION OF CRIMINAL CASES.
The following summary shows the dis
position of the criminal cases.
Fines paid, l,42l; committed to wOrkhouse,
1871: committed to House or Good Shepherd
l.; discharged. l,452; sentence suspended,
~; bonds given to keep the peace, to; held
to the grand jury, SIS; committed TO the re-
form school. 10; certified TO district court, IS;
appealed TO supreme court s; Indefinitely
postponed. rs; prosecutions stayed, Is: sent
20 probate court, 5; fines RENTED 4; bonds
forfeited, 3; taken under advis ement,6.
FINES COLLECTED.
The fines and costs in criminal cases reach
the large figure of S21, 457.4 40, the sums
collected each month being:
November. Si,6i1 20 June .... 81, 334 so
December. l.5S1 f5.J uiy........-- >, l20 90
January.....- 1853 90 August. :. 2.34O 90