Telegram-herald., 1890-04-20
POLICE AND COURT.

asked for mercy be gog i, and BIS sen
tencs sas suspended.
BaG when II. 3. Mcclure was AZ
Faigned for Eae same oHeuse, he neither
asked foE mercy nor al he gel & lie
dIt not asa FOX i because be knew he
would not get Il. NJ old-Gmeg II tbs
court enjoys - bad Al all-aroand reDa-
tztloD as thls same II. B Mcclure. tie
IS wholly earthly, sensual, deylsh." !"
The esteem N which tie man 5 neid oy
thls court Is revealed IN the sentence B {
got fOf = drunk which. ia sny other
subject uocld be regarded = very or
dlnary zfalr, viz; Thirty days AZ hard
labor" Ii = greatly 10 be regretted
that the stone pile works are not Just
non IA operation.
Thomas Fitzpatrick has a hrst-rate
opinion OF the courts mercy. be was
drunk lOng While ago. and has been
gwen, tfom time 10 lime, opportunity
10 pay the fine. The time vas again
extended yesterday.
This precocious little nuisance did
hear something "drap," as this column
said he would. Ii Is Harry stuck, who
has made marvellous record a. VIII
dOw-smasher. The sentence OF the
court Was that Harry be taken 10 the
Reform school at Lansing, 10 remain
until he reaches the age of IL.
In this case, il is admitted that three
hens cost less than s., and the charge,
therefore, vas larceny less than -.
Young NJ. NinlOn is one OF the chicken
snarers who have been occupying pub
lie attention for several weeks. When
the Case was settled, Clerk ToZer pleas
antly remarked 10 Mrs. MInion that
''ten dollars Is a pretty large price to
pay for three hens" ''Yes," replied
the lady, Il think Is much. They have
made more fuss over this little bit OF a
thing than they did over Toot.' She
paid her boys share of the costs as
sessed, $3.50, wondering what chapter
and verse of the Bible she could recon-
mend 20 her child, as best applicable 10
the exceeding sinfulness of the SIN OF
stealing chickens.
IL IS just as wicked and just as much
q violation OF the law To play the
truant from a private school or
church school as from the public
school. This legal prInciple will be
thoroughly established after the court
gets through with little John Feeley. Of
St. James school, on the West Side.
John will be in court Monday.
When 4 l5-year-old boy gets into
police court for raising disturbance in
n saloon. that boy needs praying for.
Young Thomas Mccarthy got into
difficulty at Miskerwick's saloon, corner
of Fulton and Straight-sts., and that
got him INTO a difficulty in Judge
Holmes court. He was arraigned yes
terday on charge OF dlsorderly, and
the case was adjourned to Monday.
Three young boys named Fred Crow
lev, Bert Smith and William Maunder
Will be interviewed Monday by an Off
Ger of the law, and when the officer
calls he Will have three pieces of paper
in his side pocket which authorize him
to take these kids and convey them TO
the presence of HIs Honor. They have
been disorderly, and will be arraIgned
Monday.
Three taps of the gavel 10y the bailiff,
VINO says, Hear ye, hear ye; the police
court of Grand Rapids is now in ses-
sion" This orston was addressed TO
His Honor, the clerk, Frank Rogers,
Tom Maher and the reporter. The
clerk addressed the bench and said,
"There is no business, your Honor"
"Mr. Bailiti," orders the judge, "you
NAV adjourn the court until Monday
morning at 8 O'Clock" Three raps of
the gavel by the ballIff, who says to the
! same august gentlemen as before.
=, Hear We, hear ye; the police court Of
Grand Rapids is now adjourned to
Monday morning at 9 O'Clock" There
fore he falslfies history who says there
W 5 no session of police court Saturday
afternoon.
There IS in the editorial drawer an
| opinion from high source that news
paper ought never to say word that
| reflects upon the character OF woman;
hut Kitty Bosch is a spinner; she's a
whrler; she's a fly wheel dropped
off the spindle. She sometimes stays
out late and catches cold. She has re-
Gently been in the WOman's Home and
/ Hospital because the clinic accommoda-
! tons at the jail were too sparce for a
| GIRL so sick. She Is much better now,
! and will be brought back to the jail and
! asked to answer 10 the charge Oh lar
ceny.
A lively quarrel occurred Yesterday
morning in Kent alley between two
| Young residents, Case LeBrue and
Henry Mulder. The fight began over a
game of ball, and didn't end until
/ Mulder had been taken to headquar-
ters. Sticks and stones and an old
butcher knife figured in the fracas,
and both contestants promised TO go
. into court OF their own accord Monday
morning. They are released with that
understanding.
A. IL. 1. rhn-n.I l. drnn.