San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-10-28
CITY COURT.

Sixteen cases were brought before
| the recorder this morning and S62 in
| fines were assessed. Two cases were
continued and three dismissed.
| William Wilson, suspicious charac-
ter, continued. He was to be tried
yesterday evening at 6 o'clock, but
did not show up.
| Louis Lechuga, failing to have cleo.
trio street car under full control at
street crossing, continued until Fri
day.
A. G. Hunt, suspicious character,
dismissed. He was charged with
having stole q $50 bill from M. l..
| Dolph, but sufficient evidence could
| not be obtained to convict him. He
! is known to be a tough character
having been in serions scrapes num-
Der of times throughout the state, and
| the police were warned to keep a good
look out for him. His family are re-
spected citizens Of Temple, and his
father has got him out of trouble a
number of times, but it does no good.
He is a gambler and a general tough.
AS the charge against him could not
be sufficiently proved, another was
made charging him with vagraucy.
He pleaded guilty and was fined $40,
or 80 days. This will keep him out of
trouble short time.
NJ. L. Dolph, charged with carrying
dagger, dismissed. He left the
knife at the Elite cigar counter, in
charge of the boy who stays there.
Monday morning, and on his way to
the recorders court yesterday morn.
ing dropped in and got it again and
took it over to the court, where he
handed il to an officer, asking him to
take care of 1t until he came out, as
he was a witness in the Hart case.
The policeman arrested him for carry
ing it, and he was left i'm Jail last
night. AS he proved that he had not
been carrying it about the city with
him the Judge dismissed the case.
Francisco Yturbide called at the re-
cOrder's court again this morning, for |
about the tenth time this month. 1t |
was the same old charge, drunk and |
disorderly, S..
James Grant, drunk and down, So. |
Sine Reich, disorderly, dismissed. |
She showed little Mexican girl down |
and took cocoanut away away from
her which the child had stolen. The !,
Judge probably likes cocoanut him
SELF so he dismissed the case, not
blaming the child for taking it or
blaming the woman for taking it away
from the child.
M. Foley, drunk and disorderly, 81.
James McElroy, drunk and disor-
derby, SIS.
Erineo Gaytan, committing a nuis-
ance, 81.
Lon Deal, drunk and disorderly, S..
Pat Newport, vsgIant, dismissed
John Smith, vsgrant, $40, or 20 days.
Dick Collins, vagrant, dismissed.
J. M. Rosamond, vagrant, $40 or Is
days.
Preston Barnes, disorderly, dis
missed. He is q mere child, about
eleven or twelve years old, and with
two companions of the same age
the business of stealing
and selling them. The
other boys did the stealing, so he
states, and he was told to stand out
side and hold them, they agreeing to
divide the receipts with him after
selling the stolen property, but they
we're caught in the act, and started
10 run. He ran a short distance and
hen stopped saying he did not steal
The goods. Nothing could be done to
him. The Judge after frightening
him half to death sent him home
With an officer who was to tell his
parents the circumstances and to zee
hat they punished him accordingly.