Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-10-23
CRIMINAL NOTES.

CRIMINAL NOTES.
Pat Givens, an old-timer, was arrested
by Officer Fowle last night. He will
have to answer to Police Judge Stanton
To-Day TOR stealing parcel of sugar FROM
Main-street grocery store.
0. G. Weyse appeared before Judge
Wade to show cause why he should not
be punished for contempt of court in the
matter OF kidnapping his own children.
He was given until Saturday to make
answer.
In the Township Court yesterday the
preliminary examination into the charges
against W. Gould was resumed, but the
testimony for the defense WAS no tall in at
the hour of adjournment, and Justice
Savage ordered continuance until this
morning.
Police Judge Stanton and jury were
occupied for several hours yesterday af-
ternoon in the trial of J. B. Ramsey, the
negro who was accused of having etolen
star No. IA from the breast of Police OF.
ficer McGurn, on May 18th last.
In the Police Court yesterday two
youths, named o. P. Harris and w. M.
Lee. were fined ten dollars each for dis
turblng the peace of Prof. II. G. Arbuckle
by attempting to break up dancing
class which was being held in the latter 3
hall on Spring street on Monday evening.
Deputy Sheriff Wright, of San Bel-
nardino, passed through the city yester-
day. en- route for San Quentin. He was
accompanied by Ben Tyler, who was
convicted of arson at that place few
days ago after three trials, and who was
sentenced to the penitentiary for eight
years.
In view of the rainy season which has
apparently set in earlier than usual this
year, Chief of Police Glass is determined
TO enforce the ordinance providing for
che trimming Of shade trees. All limbs
OF such trees which overhang the side
walks must be clipped so as to leave a
space OF ten feet between the pavement
and the foliage; and every person whose
trees are not 30 trimmed will be prose-
cuted in future.
Four healthy-looking tramps, who had
been arrested for soliciting aims upon the
public streets, were convicted by Police
Judge Stanton yesterday and we're COM
mitted to the City Prison until Wednes.
day morning at o'clock. They are then
to be released and allowed twenty four
hours in which to leave the city. If again
arrested each will have to work for fifty
days with the chain-gang.
At an early hour this morning Sam
Kee, Chinese laundryman, appeared
at the Police Station and requested the
services OF mounted policeman to hunt
up missing Chinaman. He stated that
he had sent All Sue out in charge of a
spring-wagon and horse at O'Clock last
evening to deliver some clean clothes at
house on West Seventh street, but at /
a. m. neither driver nor wagon had re.
turned. Hs was instructed to return at
9 o'clock and swear to a complaint in
the Police Court.
Frederick Hall, colored waiter, ap-
pesred before Police Judge Owens yes
terday to answer to a charge of disturb
ing the peace, and was fined five dollars.
Hall was employed until Monday last by
FL. L. lockwood, the proprietor of the
dining room OF the Bellevue Terrace no.
tel. and while in state of intoxication
refused to accept his discharge. Hall
also claimed that lockwood owed him
more money than the latter was willing
to pay, and because he could not per-
suade his former employer to accede to
his demands, he abused him.
Fred Darcy and John Moran, two
tramps, were arrested on Monday night
by Deputy Constable Clark at the Boca
Brewing Company's bottling works
They were knocking in the bungs of
beer kegs so as to obtain the dregs of the
liquor, which were poured into empty
tomato cans. Both were sufficiently in
toxicated to be ugly, and when ap.
preached by Clark made an attempt te
beat him. The officer, while hand
cutting Darcy, was knocked down by a
blow from Moran, but he drew his pistol
and the latter threw up the sponge
Both men were then handcufed together
and taken to the County Jail, where
they were booked for disturbing the
peace and resisting an officer. Moran
was out con a floater," Police Judge
Stanton having suspended sentence o
100 days for twenty-four hours, in ordel
to allow him to leave the city.