Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-11-23
POLICE COURT DoINGs.
Strong Testimony Tending 20 Show Charl
Duffy's Guilt.

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Dufy's Guilt.
In the Police Court yesterday morning
the case of Charles Duffy. charged with
grand larceny, was the first to receive at.
tention. He was defended by E. c. Hart
but that gentleman found that the evidence
against his client had been worked up very
carefully by the police. George o. Bates
testified that be was engaged in steamboat
ing on the river. During the latter part OF
October be had several sacks of barley left
on the wharf, and they disappeared. He
missed twenty-five sacks, three of which
were now in the jail-yard.
ID. A. Bell. engaged in business with Mr..
Bates, identified the three sacks of barley
as those brought down from Colusa on
their boat.
John Cole, boy 16 years of age who
lately pleaded guilty to assisting in stealing
the barley, testified that he and Duffy went
to the wharf and stole the three sacks of
barley. Duffy put the barley on his
shoulder, and he carried it across the street
and put it in Mrs. Columbo's yard. Duffy
then went to Mrs. Columbos saloon, and
she paid him 81 80, half of which he gave
to witness.
Mike Cain testified that he saw Duffy and
Cole cross the street with the barley,
knocked the sack off the boys shoulder,
and told Duffy it was shame to bring a
boy like that into such work. He advised
them to take the grain back to the wharf
James Mccarthy testified that he saw
Duffy put the grain on Coles shoulder.
As there were two other witnesses for the
prosecution who were not present, the case
went over until this morning.
Mrs. Columbo was examined on a charge
OF receiving stolen property, and also had
Il. C. Hart for her counsel.
The boy John Cole testified substantially
the same as he did in the Duffy case, claim.
ing that he took the stolen barley to Mrs.
Columbo's place, and that Duffy got the
money for it and divided it with him.
When the evidence of the prosecution was
all in, Mr.. Hart moved that the defendant
be discharged. He argued his motion at
some length, holding that under Section
I'LL of the Penal Code no person could be
convicted of public offense on the uncor-
roborated testimony of an accomplish His
argument was unanswerable, and the Court
discharged the defendant.
One OF the witnesses for the prosecution,
Jack Courtney, failed to put in an appear
anc3. Chief Lee says that Courtney told
him he saw Mrs. Columbo change the
barley from the stolen sacks to other ones.
An attachment was issued tor his arrest,
and the Chief is determined to bring him
into Court to show cause why he should
not be punished for contempt of Court
George Fisher, charged with battery,
had his case continued until the Goth.
Joe Peters, for beating woman named
Nellie Elliott, off whom he has been living,
was sent to the County Jail for one hun
dred days and was given an extra ten DAYS
for disturbing the peace.
The case of Annie Stolz, charged with
disturbing the peace, was dismissed for
want of prosecution.
The cases of A. and J. Cordano, accused
OF obstructing sidewalk, were continued
until Monday.
John Dennis will be tried for battery to-
day.