Telegram-herald., 1888-03-20
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1T sppeaFs 70 ms thst under yoar s3s-
tea az tss edn4iRisrFstios ~ Justice yoQs
~lossr eaart. sz shs judges terra 4. tbsa =
yoar asstreDaiissn Pollcs Court. il the most
s2Issilio2s. quletes', an aitogsthsf tie
plss1aaAtssl Ia whiea v spend al hear eE
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The reporter fury agreed slsh him.
DaElag tE4I ihrss bogra' sesslea, With
Iaass john 7. Holmes oa tas bench, Clsfx
a h. 1oEes a. The dess, CAY Attorney w.
" Iaj l0r closely ~zleEins ne coskst, aud
a large and miss1 sudisnee IN altsadance.
ali undsf the ssteh!gi cara ol ofaeer OF ths
Court h. /. Fs.t0n. fiIissa eases ssfe called
ana disposed Of eithef s1nmaFlly OF tssn-
p0Fzfig, aad thsfe 1as nog olstufoihs
E0ise foul ogszsa OF ar 0F . disagfsesois
delay during The whole pFccsedtnss. and
when tue 0fficer esilea the nooa recess All
we're as bFisht aad ffssb a. hen tney sA-
tered la The morning. sith tue sxesption.
perhaps, II LPs pooF devils whose dep4stsd
vscaeqaer made u necessary fof them 10
put ~ a. the hO,ei-ds- bishop aad labor fer
lusiF 0osfd for the succeeding iva sssks.
When court openea q dozen prisoners
hlsd IA. representing eli ages. eoiors and
apparent previous conditions al servitude
- the H0siBs oOsi. Tie roll cal wss COM
raenced and this 3 the iormula
Omcsf-feseF Cottooesrsef!
Peter approaches tne desk with shan
BuBg gaia bat ia his haHd, trouble ia his
eye snd noshing eut one hand In his
pockets.
k-P.ssr. yoa are charged by -----
Win eeins intoxicated GA st in the
eitv OF Grand Rapids a. - o'clock GA 5atur-
Jas, March ~. iSs-. contrary 20 The ofdln-
aace pfosidihg aud Sc forth. " hat do you
plead, gaiity or not guilty.
frtsE. Ia whisper -Guiity, sir.
Clerk-He pleads guilty, your nonor.
Hls Honor - lou-will-bs-rined-tgo-d0
iafs-and -eosts-oT-ln dsfault-twels 8 days-at-
bara-ls oor-in- -tne-coaatg- jail.
EsII Bius-coat aud pri-Snsr.
Wlin slight variatlsns IN the manner
and aititals ol the several respondents the
disposition OF Peters casa was Identical
Win those OF Joh0 Darrell. Con. Haley,
Pal. - Brisn John Graham and Fan
Powers. all Of these being inpscunious..
John -hislts and Michael Sealiy were bet
Ter hee.sd aud paid their hne and costs
s. s. Ia exca case.
Now eores James Kennedy, an old
Clerk request 70 plead. he said
4 va, psstly dTunk, $50. but tell We
how't wss. l dIaak iuss three glasses OF
beer an afthef lhas | iefgit--'
C.erk-fhe same Old story. Talk 10 the
Court.
James addressed the Judge aud said be
was al Old solder and nmi his pension pa
pefs all ready To draw his money. 81.
fslfe1's day vas the Hrst time he had
49, t.tu
vile was sick etc. e.c. The same Tine was
imposed 5ut the Judge consolsd the pris-
oasz by teitiRg him he would inquire into
BIS cass and he subsequently, suspended
the sentences on the old soldier during good
behavior The same sort OF sword OF
Damcsies Vas hung over the head OF Ralph
Lee. while John Lvneh. who was disc0v-
cred 10 be q minor, net yet 10 years Of sse,
wss turned over 20 County Agent HoleDmD
Ooly one out of The dozen pleaded moi
guilty. he was q cOioFed boy named Frank
lee charged With oostruoling the sidewalk
on PsaFI-st saturday sitsrnoon despite the
repeated warnings of Patrogiaan Gill. who
finally run him IN. he pleaded not guilty
/ In defiant tone. demanded = trial sub
pseaaei cloud OF witnesses and employ ed
| eOaassl. Hs was accom- modatsi and thrse
witnesses were sworn by the people who
testified that The young fellow refused 10
aud that hs ~sasssd" toe patroiman ana
dared him % arrest him. To quote
from the officers testimoGy, he gave
| him Q big bluff. Lee called half q dozen
Young eoons and 20 boot0lscKs 10 swear
/ that ne 0nly sail ne was waiting for Dr.
/ BaTth, for whom he drives. and that whea
/ ordered 10 move oa De instead moved oil
/ from the side walk into the street, and the
| theory of the defense was thas when AT
rested ne could not have oesn obstrgctiBg
/ the walk. Ths Judge called all this SUB
/ Ierfuxe' and promptly found Les guilty
aud nnsd him 81 and Cests-s6 65-or fifteen
/ osys in jail. ne Vas ommitted.
The csse Of the People vs. John 5 : nlon,
I charged With the murder OF Heary Powers,
was then called. when Prosscntor Clay aud
/ dsfendants counsel Hon. y. A. Earle.
asked for the Judges decision on the theory
that the testimony vas all In. and thought
I that all His Homer had 10 do was To hnd
whether the odsHss hsd been committed.
I ana u there vas lnst reason to suppose the
/ defendant committed is. to a. the amoant
/ OF hts 5sIl.
judge Holmes declared that IL was his
/ duty under The deciss8ns to find as TO the
! nature OF the crime whether murder or any
/ ether crime lsss than murder. Mr.. Gay
demurrsd, snd insisted that The jurisdiction
Of the Court went no further than ne had
stated. otherwise the prisoaer might be dis
/ charged by this Court on the finding of JUS
/ tifsbis E0inieids.
The Court sould not concede the point.
I bus said il be vas mistaken be should be
vary glad 10 bs sst right he should there
/ fore take time. aud With the consent of
/ counsel ia should bold the case open until
I ~ o aiacs 4. m. Tuesday.
Then canes grist OF liquor cases, 20 which
/ Prosspatiag Astsrpsy Cay paid close stten-
tioa-two against Fred. J. Daily FOE keeping
! his P~sFl-sA saleen opea on sunday and on
a legsl holiday. His counsel pleaded for
an sdisnrumsnt az ne had promised 10 at
tend ths Ceaner funeral 81 , o'clock. The
I Couss ssa Prosecutor tsssaat one could be
tried then ana iary vss struck. eut only
ons Of zoe paasl appearing. toe ssisnes be-
i iaa either siss ar ems Of t8Sn. hoth eases
vsr- asailv saleaFnsd until Friday morn
/ ina a. ID e'eieck
The ease of George A. Bowen. proprietor
% ~ Moran FsstsarsaL ss Ionis-st. North.
Z chargsa with selling iiquoF On sunday. Vas
7 cslied TIE defendants vas Ia csarf waived
a iuFy. snt q wss admitted ca ali sizes
( nat hs heio heenss for the ssls - LIQUORS
Snd also for sespi ag restaurant Oas wit
sess enis ~ss ealied. and De 81
I ne Eecple--s yooa1 fel0r nsmeii
/ Charles e. spsnzteF Who wogEs n
/ Dyzerts psinaDg ef5ee He testified. sp-
parsntv vsfv uayaiaxiy. with rs asad
- ais u,eats ard IN scarcely audible
vaiee. that - susdsT. FEBRUARY s.
esld dsv-s asn nsmea bgBbsus. waota
he eulv kRavs az sisht invited hisi % g
/ nn tcais s. lie d-d not sAo~ ~bsre re
wss feiBx CT sass fer. They ~~nt -
3owsn's plsce rnseFsd = door aad wens
( fs,wn infa tae assenaent Hasser the rss-
saursn& shere tsere wxs a shelf ssd soaee
hnss.se there were three ether aep there
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