Telegram-herald., 1891-01-01
POLICE AND oouRf.

The last dsy Of the year wRs IN e.
Ample 70 tue days II the coming year.
Every case before the court yesterday
reached f5nAl disposition. and the nev
year heg'ns WITH clean docket.
chaA Amith. the one-ieGEea man,
arrested en- Tuesday nigAt for t~gxias
GA the street Mas not formally arrssEa-
ed for he case Vas practically nolie
pros'd tefore IL ~as begun. The ords-
nance on begging specifies that me Of
lender hs - sturdy and shle-eedisd
man" Clerk feltsn thought . man
ought 70 have TIVE legs 10 answer tins
description. 80 Smith and has enc LEG
we're let 60 scott free.
The two pewd hoys. whom the father
accused Of assault and battery, proved
their Innocence. and got hack ~ the
old man with the sssas charge The
boys showed BY good testimony that tise
Old man came home and tried 10 pax
ths young men out Of doors with .
bullet Of wood. fas;s;s - tina. he
undertook the job with butcher
knife. Then he went 70 the barn and
got pitch fork ana renewed the al
tack by this time the old man had .
black eve anc called II assault and hst-
terry. While the court did not send the
Dowd boys away with oertlsieste OF
good character. he did discharge them
~ innocent OF the one offense charged.
W. IL. Newman IL colored brlek-
layer. He was charged with disordefis
conduct, ia that lac was found sleeping
III the hallway of Hawkins q Perry.
But he explained that he got home too
sste al night 10 disturb the family, and
went IN the hallway from motives al
the paresi and most dls.nterested hu-
manlty. The court accepted this ex-
PLANTATION, and let of the prisoner on
suspended sentence.
Lou Lyil is female whose virtue has
been questioned. She got drunk and
raised disturbance in the arcade. Ii
cost her x635.
Poor Old Robert Brown got on his
periodical drunk, ana WIZ oi euulse
disorderly. he has gone 10 jail for
fifteen days.
AT the adjournment of court yester-
day, Frank Rodgers rose and remarked
that when the gavel came down Il
would terminate his connection with
the police court "a prosecuting Off
Ger. lie stated that he had not per-
formed an act, during his in
cumbency of the office, that rested
heavily on his conscience, because he
had simply done his duty ~ he saw.
he wanted 70 thank all tho officers Of
the court for the warmth and courtesy
of their treatment of him. Especially
did ne desire TO express his spprecia-
ton OF the manhood and Christian
character Of Prosecuting Attorney
Stuart. who, during Mr.. Rodgers re-
cent illness, had manifested towards
HIM unusual generosity. During tho
delivery of Franks remarks, Capt.
Johnson and all the officers gave their
tokens of approval. The court re-
marked that the feeling Of cordiAlity
was reciprocated; that the duties of
prosecuting attorney had always been
performed with ability and fidelity, and
concluded by wishing Mr.. Rodgers
many happy New Year.
Among the acts OF Frank Rodgers
during the last days Of his incumbency
of the Office of assistant prosecuting at
torney, WAS the establishment of new
rule Of great importance 10 the tax
payers Of the county. The new rule is
TO require all witnesses, before receiv-
ing their orders on the treasurer, to
make affidavit TO the effect that their
fees are legally received. The affidavit
reads as follows: State OF Michigan,
County Of Kent. IS. John Doe, of said
county, being duly sworn, deposes and
says that he actually attended the po-
lice court of Grand Rapids the number
of times charged, and travelled the
number of miles charged for the pur-
pose of being sworn as . witness on the
part OF the people III the case men,
toned in the annexed certificate; that
he was not q witness IN any other case
pending at the same session of court,
and that he would not have attended
the court upon the dates charged ex-
cept for the purpose OF being sworn -
4 witness.