The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-18
AT THE COURTS.
Gossip Picked Up Hers and There in
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Gossip Picked Up Hsrs and There in
the Court Rooms.
The session of the superior court was
taken up yesterday and to a late hour last
night IN the consideration of two appeal
cases from the justices courts. The first
case was suit between two old fishermen,
D. A. Mooney and John Roe. Mooney sued
Roe for $50 for repairs to nets, boa, etc.,
and got Judgment in Justice Reynolds
court for S5l. hut as the case was heard by
the trial magistrate outside Of his district, a
second trial was had in the proper district
and Judgment given Mooney by default for
the full amount claimed. Roe appealed
on the ground that the finding was
excessive, and the Jury yesterday found for
plaintiff for only $40. Roe claimed that
Mooney was not to charge for his work, but
they helped each other to rig up their outfit
forpartnershiD fishing. The other case was
that Of Cox VS.. Smith, appealed from JUS
tice Russelrs court. This was a suit on a
note for 500, judgment being given for the
defendant in the trial court below. The
Jury last night was instructed to bring in a
sealed verdict.
In the city court yesterday morning there
were ten arrangements. Ia the case of
Simon Miller, charged with the larceny of
a coat and vest from Frank Murphy, the
court said that the evidence indicated that
the offense, if any, is larceny after trust,
and he ordered the defer dant rec0mmitted
to answer in the superior court for the
greater offense. Albert Wallace and Ben
Robinson, for carrying concealed weapons,
were fined S25 or two months each.
Henry Cotton, who carried off pair of
shoes from Tuberdy's, was sentenced to six
months on the chain-gaug. Dolly Styles
was acquitted Of the charge OF stabbing
Chloe Garrett, but convicted of stabblng
William Garrett, and fined S25 OF three
months. Edwin Davis was given six
months for the larceny of a coat and vest,
the property Of Robert II. Governor. j. q.
Hawkins was permitted to settle .he costs
on a charge of wife-beating. He was the
one whom Justice Endres had so much
trouble with on West Broad street car
last Saturday night
There will be no session of the city court
today. The civil calendar cases will be
sounded tomorrow, and on Friday the
grand Jury will convene at 4 o'clock p. N.
The grand jury of tho superior court will
be in session tomorrow afternoon, conven-
ing at o'clock.
c. II. McGillis was reappointed COM
nlercial notary public by Judge Falligant
yesterday.
Justice Russell had field day yesterday.
He committed Grant Bacon to jail to an
swer in the superior court for burglary.
Bacon was caught IN the act Of ransacklng
the premises of Joseph Golden, at the Coast
Line junction, Sunday morning.
Christian Hahn gave bond on two charges,
one for carrying concealed WEAPONS and the
other for pointing pistol at G. NJ. Emo.
Justice Russell committed Allen Brooks
to jail ON a warrant for an assault and bat
terry upon one Estelle jackson. A colored
woman went on Brooks bond some time
ago and Brooks skipped out, but Officer
HUMPHREYS caught MIN at Augusta aud
brought him back.
George Parker, the colored saloon keeper
who AS held in jail here for the unlawful
sale of liquor in Americas, was released on
bond a few days ago. He returned to
Americas and has succs e1ed in placing a
criminal charge against each of the negroes
who prosecuted him. Parker is states wit
ness In each case. He is regarded highly in
Americas by the better class OF colored peo-
pie but he has made himself very unpopular
there by informing on the criminals.
Deputy Jailor Strickland said that Parker
conducted himself all right in Jail in Sa-
Yannah.
The Purse-McAlpin case, which was set
for a hearing in Magistrate Davidson's
court yesterday, was postponed, owing to the
absence of j. K. Saussy, ESQ, counsel for
the defense. The civil action of forcible
entry and detainer was brought by Capt. J..
w. McAlpln against d. G. Purse and J. c..
Rowland Immediately after the defendants
tore down some houses at New Deptford,
erected by Capt. McAlpin. The houses
we're put up the first week in February.
Tue suit was made returnable to the court
in which the lands lie, which is the Fifth
district. The only facts winch we're to have
been tried, and which will be tried on
March %, are the questions of possession
and forcible entry and detainer. The
question OF title will not come up.