The critic., 1891-03-23
MILLER'S RECEPTION.
HIS GUESTS, HOWEVER, WERE NOT
PRESENT WILLINGLY.
Offenders Who Found Themselves In the
Mcshes Of the Law Explained to His
Honor-Sometimes the Excuse Pre-
vailed--More Often IL Did Not.

Offenders Who Found Themselves In the
Mcshes OF the Law Explained TO His
Honor-Sometime the Excusc Pre-
vailed--Morc Often II Did Not.
The wheels Of justice in Judge Miller's
court run faster on Monday than on other
days, and the cells are generally crowded
with prisoners when his Honor takes q
seat in his armchair. The line of pris-
oners was much longer than usual and
the persons making II up wore most
bedraggled appearance.
The Same Old story.
Daniel Powers told the same old story
that his Honor has to listen to every day
in the week, and he told IL in almost the
same words. The exception in this case
was that Daniel Powers, who was charged
with carrying concealed weapons, ad-
mitted that he did carry the pistol, and
asked that the Court be as lenient with
him rs possible. He drew the weapon
from his pocket and would have fired had
not an officer been near to prevent. Judge
Miller imposed q fine of 800.
Same Old Cause--Same Old Sentence.
Annie Foley wore red bandanna, with
big white checks, on her head, and she
was charged with disorderly assembly.
She had been before the court many a
time before, and she was accustomed to 1t.
"Yis, yer Honor, ] was disorderly.
Same old cause"
"You can go down." said the Judge.
His wife's Plea Saved Hin.
stephen j. Amber" yelled the clerk,
and gray.baired man stepped into the
prisoners dock, while well-dressed
woman stepped on the witness stand.
They were man and wife, and had trav-
eled the road of life together for over
quarter of century. The charge against
the man was that of vagrancy, and the
officer in the case testified that he had
been locked up in the station three times
in the past two weeks.
81 think, your Honor said the lady,
that my husband will not get drunk any
more. This is crisis in his business
affairs, and wish that you would let him
off this time"
Yes" chimed in the prisoner earn
estly, never, on my honor, will drink
again.
".rake his personal bonds" said his
He Did Not Remember.
William Barr was fined $50 in the Police
Court to-day for destroying private prop
erty. Barr is tenant of Mr.. j. d. Crois-
SAINT, who lives at South Carolina avenue
and Ninth street. On Saturday night he
drank too much, and brooded over the
fact that Mr.. Croissant had ordered him
to vacate the premises If he did not pay
his rent with greater regularity. He filed
his pockets with stones and threw them
at the residence of his landlord. The
stones broke nine windows, valued at 81
each.
Bar said that he did not remember any
thing about throwing the stones, but the
Judge said that this was no excuse in the
sight Of the law.
His Record Was Against Him.
Officer Jacob jacobson was in the Po-
lice Court this afternoon charged with
making an assault on Thomas O'Donald.
The assault was alleged to have occurred
on Friday evening, when the policeman
went to ODonald's house to arrest him on
the charge of being an habitual drundard.
He resisted arrest and was in the Police
Court on Saturday charged with assault
ing the officer. The charge was dismissed
then. the Judge remarking that he had
been punished enough.
every time we have to make an arrest
at this house." said Sergeant Meyers, I'VE
have to fight the family, their friends and
the bulldog as WELL"
Here's the record, "said Attorney Hay,
that shows that in the past two years
O'Donald has been before this Court
twenty-four times.n
Cease dismissed" sententionsly re.
marked His Honor