Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-07-19
MERITED PUNISHMENT.
Peter stortz Gets Ninety Day s-Anothe
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Peter stortz Gets Ninety Days-Another
Brute Convicted.
The principal cases in the Police Court
yesterday were those of Billy Davis and
Peter Stortz, the troubles of both growing
out of their unlawful relations with fast
women. Stortz is the man who recently
deserted his faithful, honest and hard
working wife for the company of woman
who goes by the name of Nellie Clifton,
and at whom the wife attempted to take a
shot with pistol few days ago There
was no lack of evidence to convict him of
the charge of vagrancy which had been
placed against him and Judge Buckley SEN
fenced him to ninety days in the County
Jail. lie is very much opposed to work,
but the thing is compulsory when a man
gets in the chain-gang, and Pete will not
lack for exercise during the next three
months.
Billy Davis, burly fellow at least six
feet in hight was charged with disturbing
the peace of Emil Coffman, and battery
upon Nellie Styles. To the former charge
he pleaded guilty, but denied beating the
woman. When the latter came into Court
to testify, she presented most shocking
appearance. Both of her eyes were blacked
frlghtfuIly, her body was a mass of bruises
and she could scarcely sit up. A more
pitiful sight could not he imagined. She
detailed us well as she could the terrible
beating administered 10 her by Davis say
ing that she had formerly been living with
him and that he beat her because
she would not continue to do so.
Davis testified in his own behalf that
he had been putting up for the woman
because he had taken pity on her. She was
subject to fits and had fallen down and hurt
herself, etc. The City Attorney nor Judge
Buckley took any stock in his story The
former asked the Court to make the pun
ishment just as severe as the law would
allow. Inc Judge, in pronouncing Davis
guilty, sad 1t was the most aggravated case
OF woman beating that had ever come be-
fore him and that there was not one ex.
tenuating circumstance. 1t was most
cowardly and brutal act and the prisoner
deserved no mercy. Sentence will be pro-
nounced Gu him this morning for both
offenses.
VIM Dandreds was tried on charge of
disturbing the peace OF WIN. Morgan The
testimony was so conflicting that the Judge
took the matter under advisement until
this morning.
The case of W. w. Cone, whose arrest
was mentioned yesterday, was continued
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get certain witnesses.
Frank Boylan and Henry Myers were
tried for disturbing the peace of the neigh
borhood of Eighth and X streets The
cases were dismissed
Michael Blum and William TAYLOR the
latter arrested for keeping an opium den
and the former for visiting it, we've tried
and discharged, because the evidence did
not cover all that is required by the defect
i've law on that subject. w. A. Anderson
defended them, and claimed that the law is
a dead letter. Blum was subsequently ar
rested on charge of vagrancy, and Taylor
has been convicted OF the same offense but
his case is before the Superior Court on ap-
peal.
Joe Garcia was arraigned on a charge of
assault to murder, he having stabbed NJ.
Gray at the Pioneer Box Factory on Tues
day morning. His CAGE was set for to-day
A couple of DRINKS on the calendar un-
der aliases were discharged.