The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-03-20

WHICH JUDGE MILLER HEARS IN THE
POLICE COURT DAILY.

An Important Decision In Liquor Case
His Honor Proposes TO Enforce the
Law Against Selling Cigarettes to
Minors.
Kate Green, Rebecca Johnson, Lucy
Johns Sarah Reed, Jenny Addison and
Charles Reed, bunch of Migrants, were
sent to the workhouse to-day for sixty
days each.
The police intend to try and entirely
nd the city of this class Of citizens and
Judge Miller is doing all in his power to
assist them.
Did Not Love His Horse.
This horse isn't worth dollar" said
Agent Key OF the s. =. Q. A. in the Police
Court this morning, land still this man
PERSISTS in using him every day to heavy
wagon. He is now engaged in hauling
terra Gotta from Terra Gotta City, and the
roads out there are very rough. don't
believe the horse is in condition to work,
and don't think he ever will be again"
and he declared that he had paid $40 for
the animal, and that even II he was lame
he managed to keep up with the rest of
the teams on the road.
yes" put in Mr.. Key, land there'snot
ateam hauling material from Terra Gotta
City that hasn't an unsound horse in It,"
Judge Miller fined Kinny So.
Carried Too Many warlike weapons.
Charles Woods was fined $40 this
morning in the Police Court for carrying
concealed weapons. He was arrested in
Clicks. alley by Officer Ellsworth, and,
when he was searched at the station,
dirk and blackjack were found ON his
person.
Can Make Case Every Day In the Year.
hequestion as to whether or not a new
case could be brought against saloon
keeper, alleging violation of the law at a
date previous to one already. tried, has
long puzzled the lawyers who make o
speciality Of defending liquor dealers.
Mr.. Cahill brought 1t up again to-day in
the Police Court, and claimed in the case
of Louis Slingland that his acquittal from
one charge would make null and void all
cases that might have been brought before
and not disposed Of
Judge Miller did not agree with him,
and held that there would In future be no
connection at all between the cases. A
case might be made for every day in the
year If there was testimony to support it.
The Anti-Cigarette Law.
The law passed by the last Congress pro-
bibiting the sale of cigarettes and tobacco
boys under 16 years of age in the Dis
trict does not prevent them from procuring
them. And It is extremely difficult, the
police say, to get the boys to tell them
where they were purchased.
But now new feature has been intro
dnced. The school teachers of the city
have begun crusade against the seductive
roll of paper and tobacco. They have
noticed the boys smoking about the play
grounds and decided to take some steps
TO suppress the habit.
The first case was brought before Judge
Miller in the Police Court this morning.
John Stem, who keeps cigar store at
Ninth and New York avenue, was the de-
PENDANT in the case, and Enoch Edmon-
son, youth, IL years old, was the prose-
cutting witness. Miss Harmon teacher
in the Phelps School, had asked him
where he bought his cigarettes and he
had told her. She in turn got the officer
TO make the arrest.
Mr.. Stem admitted that he had sold the
boy the cigarettes, but added that he was
under the impression that the witness was
over 16 years of age. He asked Judge
Miller for good deal of information that
is Of mtg est to every seller of cigarettes.
The fiendant asked whether or not he
wonld1e liable if he sold to children
under 10 years old who came to him with
notes from their parents or other people
known TO the dealer personally. The
Court held that the dealer would be liable.
II intend, " said Judge Miller, ito en-.
force this law in its widest and fullest
sense and to do all in my power to break
UP the practice. ] cannot hold the de-
PENDANT. however, because by the testi-
mOny of y witness he had bought the
cigarettes b.sore the law went into effect"
The Sentence Wrought u Change in
Her Demeanor.
Mary Oliver, the keeper of a disorderly
house in Willow-Tree Alley, one of the
most notorious slums in Washington, was
in the Police Court this morning. She
came into the dock with an insolent smile
on her face, but she left it with tears run.
ming down her cheeks and wild cry OH
her lips that echoed through the court
room. She pleaded not guilty to the
charge, but the proof against her was SC
strong and the testimony brought out Sc
many horrible facts, that Judge Miller
sent the women to Jail for six months.
Held to Answer for an Atrocious Crime,
William Moore was held in S2 900 bonds
for the grand jury this morning for assault
with intent to rape little girl named
Mary Jackson. Both parties were colored