Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-12-11
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
POLICE COURT.
RhoderIck Dhu Cooper Pleads Guilty to
Four Charges.

Il
Four Charges.
Yesterday morning number of uptown
hotel proprietors and business men were in
attendance, much to their disgust, as wit
nesses in the Police Court Rhoderick
Dhu Cooper, the incorrigible, was before
the Court on four charges, two of drunk,
one Of common drunk and one of disturb
ing the peace, and he had subpenaed
these gentlemen to prove his character.
They all knew Cooper, and the latter's at
torney fearing the result of an examination
entered plea of guilty to all the charges
Tor his client and asked that sentence be de-
terred until 10 A NJ. to-day. Cooper has a
kind and indulgent father who has done
everything possible for him, and that
Rhoderick Dhu is not a first-class and hon
ored citizen is no fault of his parent He
has become an intolerable nuisance and a
Mt companion for Frank Robinson His
fault lies in the fact that he drinks to ex-
cess, gets quarrelsome, and then becomes a
burly bruiser. Saturday night, at Tenth
and X, he assaulted a blacksmith and the
latter gave him sound thrashing. Later
IN the evening he was whipped in down.
town saloon. Sunday morning, while men.
women and children were vending their
yard OF the American Eagle Hotel The
contestants were stripped to the waist, and
the mill was in accordance with the latest
London rules. The contestants were Cooper
and tramp. The former was knocked
out in two rounds. Later on the same dav
he was arrested by officer Franks and broke
away from the officer at Seventh and K
streets. After a chase of a block through
the mud and slush he was captured, hand
cuffed and taken to the lookup. His father
bailed him out. When a man raises such
an migrate it would seem that marriage"
in such cases at least lis failure"
William Schmidt, who pleaded guilty to
burglary on Saturday, by request of his at
torney, E. G. Hart, had his arraignment
continued for one day.
John Campbell, who broke o pane of
glass in saloon door and was arrested for
disturbing the peace, was discharged, there
being no complaint on file.
Charles Hotfilter disturbing the peace
pleaded guilty and was fined So.
F. f. Doland, charged with assault to
murder, was not ready for his examination
and ask continuance. The City Attorney
said that E. G. Roeder, the assaulted party
was still confined to his room, and would
not be able to appear in Court for some DAYS
The case upon this showing was continued
for one week.
Charles Seebe, who went to the station
house Saturday night drunk and asked TO
be locked up for safe-keeping, was dis
charged.
John O'Brien, the youth who stole bolt
OF cloth from tailor shop at Eighth and K
streets, was fined $50 or fifty days in the
County Jail.
Chas. Butler, who was arrested for beg
giDg on the public streets Saturday By Off
Ger Green, entered plea of not guilty. He
said he was a married man, a harness.
maker by trade and resided near Susan
vile. He came to Sacramento, got on a
spree and spent all his money. He had
been drinking with a German friend and
as they were about to separate he asked
loan of ten cents. He was then going to
start on the evening train for Reno, en-
route to his home in Susanville.
How did you expect to ride without
money to pay your tare?" asked the City
Attorney.
'Ohr' smiled the SusanvilIe harness
maker, Il would probably get on and ride
a little ways, and get fred. By short stage
l hoped ultimately TO get home The way
of the transgressor is hard, you know"
He was discharged.
Harry Peterson, a typo, arrested on a
similar charge, was also discharged.
Mike Burke was arrested on the 9th day
of November and convicted of vagrancy
Judgment was withheld to give him an oD-
portunity to leave town. He came back q
few days since and will now have to serve
the city in the chain-gang. He will be
sentenced tomorrow.
Anthony Farley was convicted on a
charge of being drunk and fined 81 80 or
two and a half days in the City Prison.
The case of L. Bennett, charged with dis
turbing the peace, was dismissed.