The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-22
Gossip Picked Up Hero and There In
the Court Rooms.


the Court Rooms.
Il would have been difficult to have found
four men who were as much vexed as Hon.
f. G. duBignon, w. G. Charlton, ESQ.,, Sam
uel B. Adams, ESQ.,, and R. g. Erwin, ESQ.,,
at the Central depot night before last, as
they were hurrying to catch the train for
Atlanta. The cause of their pique was the
notice by telegram that the supreme court
would call the cases in the eastern circuit
yes erday morning. Usually two weeks
notice is given, but in this
instance a telegram less than
twenty-four hours in advance of the sitting
Of the court was the only notice. One Of
the Savannah lawyers remarked that he
expected to be seat to Jail, as he intended
to express himself very strongly when he
came before the court. 1t is said that in
some instances counsel had not yet pre-
pared their briefs. anticipating the usual
timely notice. Clerk Carr and his deputies
doubled-teemed to make up the record in
one case, and had to hustle to get it up in
time to be taken on Friday nights train
by counsel.
William Thomas smart young colored
thief, was arraigned yesterday in Justice
Patterson's court upon a charge of larceny
from the house. Rachael Harris tcolored)
is the prosecutrix. She alleged that during
Merchants week the boy entered her house,
No. AZ Hull street, and stole gold watch, q
pair of earrings and a breastpin. She
caught him as he was going out of the door
and accused him of stealing. He denied it
and ran. The woman went into the house
and found the bureau drawers open and the
articles missing. She Immediately swore
out a warrant for the boy, but he success
fully eluded the officers until yesterday.
The case was set for a hearing in Justice
Patterson's court yesterday afternoon, but
William E. Morrison, ESQ.,, attorney for the
boy, rendered a bond, and the case will go
before a higher court. W. w. Osborne,
Esq, represents the woman.
Sarah johnson (colored) was arrested yes
terday and committed to Jail from Justice
Sheftalls court, upon a charge of assault
and battery upon Georgia James.
Eugene Wilson (colored), barber, on
Broughton street, has secured the signatures
of the Bib county officers and the Macon
city officers asking for a pardon for sDoc''
Wilson, his brother, who is serving time in
the Dade coal mines for the murder of
Joseph Tinsley, February, 1881. William
Clifton, Esq, has charge of the matter, and
has presented the case to the governor. All
of the grand jurors who found the indict-
ment have. signed the petition except two
They are dead
There were no cases tried in the city court
yesterday. Two cases assigned for rial had
to go over for the term on account of the
sudden call to Atlanta to attend the supreme
court OF Col. George A. Mercer, Hon W.
G. Charlton and Samuel B. Adams. Esq,
counsel interested in the cases. The two
continued cases are damage suits. Emma
Houston sues the City and Suburban Rail-
way Company for damages alleged TO have
been sustained by fall from one Of the de-
PENDANTS street railway company's cars.
Samuel B. Adams, Esq, for plaintiff,
Col. George A. Mercer for defendant.
The second suit is damage suit
brought against the city by E. NJ Pittman,
who claims to have fallen into an excava-
ton and received serious and painful in
juries. Charlton & Mackall and Dempsey
Griffin for plaintiff, City Attorney s. b.
Adams for defendant. There is to bea suit
for SANDER heard in the city court this
morning. The principals are colored
huckster women in the market. Mary
Preston wants $1,000 damages from Lucy
Reed, charging her with besmirching her
character for chastity. McAlpin and
LaRoche for plaintiff, Clifton and Mac
Donell for defendants.