Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-28
EH1r CHRIszMAs ROUNDUP.
Men Whose Celebration Of the Day Ended
I'm the Police Court.

Men those Celebration of the Day Ended
In the Police Court.
Considering that it was Christmas and
the day following, when it is the habit O
numerous patriots to fill their tanks with
allow grade OF fighting whisky, the police
record did not loom MP as was expected.
Most Of the a~rraignmsnts were for the
usual in~isdemeanors, such as disturbance,
drunk and committing nuisance.
M. Lafferty got gay in a lod~ging-house
over the Board Of Trade saloon and pasted
John Doe, q w~ood-chopper, over the nose.
Officer Cody witnessed the row and
gathered Lafferty in. Going to the station
Lafferty confdeatially disclosed the infor-
nation tibet he was the champion knocker
OF Montana and could lick his weight in
wildcats or threshing- machines. He fur
ther intirnated that he had q marked
aversion to iails and threatened refusal to
accompany the officer. Cody pulled his
perspader. Lafferty found that he could
not run the bluff any further and toddled
along as meek as Mary's little lamb. He
RtC0u 6uAAuf ~ II CudIR6 OI dbbA ulG ana
was sentenced to work on the streets in
lieu OF the usual fine. He proved dead
cunning, however, and managed to escape
while the guards back was turned.
George Shaw, though making no
claims to being a bruiser, grace
fully hoped the frame Of John RsddinQ
In the California beer hall. George pleaded |
guilty to the soft Impeachment and was
given the usual alopathic dose. He paid
and vanished.
Jim Gilligan and John REYNOLDS had |
their hides cracking Christmas night. They
couldn't navigate and compromised by
taking lodgings in the alley back OF the
Combination gambling house. They paid
the usual fine OF one and costs-$11 in all. |
George Hale painted himself u brilliant
carmine. pushed q feather buster down his
back and prowled out on the war.path. He
found the enemy In Jack Doud's saloon
started out on q scalping expedition.
lie was leading the inmates q wild dance
when Officers Daum and McLaggan relied
to the rescue and nailed George. He con.
tributed $11 to the city exchsquer.
l.. M. Mckinney wanted to carve a bias.
eyed Celestial for some imaginary insult.
Chinaman got away and Mckinney
Tell into the claws OF a policeman. The
court thought INC" q bad man and fined
sic, including costs.
Line charge against Henry Stevenson wasI
to be unjust and he was nollied.
The following unique charge brings up .
he tail end of the police record for yester.
ley: flames Thomas. a .Cornishman :
arrested forbeing paralyzed drunk and ~ :
aG in an alloy. o
james Talbot pleaded guilty to being 3
lrunk and paid dow eleven dollars fine. Y
Charles Brown, arrested on q warrant 8
contempt Of court. Bond to appear at :
O'Clock last evening, Brown not being x
resent when the court convened, Judge n
ewkirk informed the prosecuting attorney o.
he had agreed with Browns bonds is
ZEN to postpone the case until January 6. d
1st as the decision was reached, Brown pl
In an appearance and was arraigned I'll
preliminary hearing. Brown pleaded W
guilty. The former decision was ad al
red to, and defendant was on the point eli
walking away when an unsatisfed Judge q
in q former case was found and i'm. q
ediate payment was insisted upon. ca
was not financially prepared to bl
but finally arranged to 90 to the he
use with an officer and get the amount OF
the fine. sh