Los Angeles herald., 1892-12-07
A QUEER FATHER.
He Accuses His Son WrbngfuIly
Herse Stealing.

He Accuses His Son WrsnefuIlv nj
Herse Stealing.
The eight was witnessed in Justice
Stanton's court yesterday of father
accusing his young son of horse steal.
ing.
The boys name is Charles G. Barker,
and that OF his father, who is a farmer
at Calabasae, is H. H. Barker. The boy
is Is years old, yesterday, the day of his
examination, being his birthday.
The father, who was the principal
witness against the boy, charged the
son with stealing enc OF his horses Oc.
tober I'd.
The facts as brought out by other wit.
nesses were that the boy wanted to 90
on visit to his grandfather, in Fresno
county, and that he went without his
fathers consent, taking one of the
horses and riding it clear through to his
grandiather's. When he got there he
wrote a letter to his father, telling him
where he was and explaining how he
came to 60 and all about it.
Ihe old man was very wrathful, how
ever, and was not to be pacified. He
set the officers on the track of his bow
and had him arrested on the charge of
stealing the horse on which he had rid
den to his grandfather's.
AS the testimony in the case showed
up the slight basis for the charge against
the young fellow, the father suuirmed
uneasily. and finally Justice Stanton
dismissed the case, discharging the boy.
Court Notes.
In Judge Smiths court yesterday
morning George A. Mckay, who was
held to answer by Justice Gardner of
Pasadena several weeks ago, charged
with an Infamous crime committed upon
his wife, was present. Having been
discharged on habeas corpus by Judge
Smith several days ago, the further
Yesterday morning John Myers was
tried before Judge Smith and iury on
the charge of burglarizing the house of
j. f. Hogan at Santa Monica. He was
partner with Williams in the crime.
the latter having been convicted several
weeks ago. The testimony was substan-
TALLY the same as in the former case.
and the jury was out but short time
when they returned with verdict of
guilty. The defendant will be sentenced
Thursday.
In the case of Burk Bros. VS.. Julia
Baker ct al, mechanics lien foreclus-
ure suit, motion for continuance of
the trial, heretofore set for December
9TH, was argued, and denied by Judge
Van Dyke.
George W. Reynolds and Jennie
Reynolds, natives of England, were ad-
Shaw.
Yesterday a jury in the case of P.
Beaudry vs.. L. O. Naramore, suit for
damages for fences and houses alleged
to have been torn down by defendant,
was excused until today, while counsel
argued motion for the court to instruct
the jury to bring in verdict for plaint-
if.
Yesterday jury in the damage suit
OF Mrs. Lucy j. Bell and William M.
Bell vs.. W. Anselmo was called upon bv
Judge Clark to pass upon the amount
OF the Judgment to he given the plain
tiffs, and fixed it at $1,000. Some weeks
ago the defendant allowed the case to
60 by default, and $4,000 default
judgment, the amount sued for, was al
lowed to be entered. Later he asked to
have the default opened, and ,Judge
Clark agreed to allow a jury to fix the
amount of judgment, which was done.
Mrs. Bell was injured while riding with
her husband by being run into bv do
fendant and severely hurt,
The case of Van Sciever ". Morropo-
lus (the Creek, an action in which the
plaintiff and j. NJ. Damron sought to
recover 500 for professional services
rendered Morropolus. was tried befora