Los Angeles herald., 1892-07-12
POLICE COURT CASES.
A NUMBER OF PETTY OFFENDERS
TRIED.
The Result of Trying to Collect His Pay
Gets n Bill Poster in Trouble.
Drunks and Others.

In Justice Owens's branch of the city
police court Frank j. Keyes was tried
yesterday for petit larceny. The de.
fendant was bill poster for the Inter.
national Railroad show, several stories
about which were published in the
HERALD. The show, which displayed
its freaks, acrobatic and otherwise, near
the Santa Fe depot, was asattached several
times by Constable Clement. Keyes
had about six weeks pay due him, and
ipasmuch as his civil suits were all
avoided by technicalities, he personally
seized bill trunk, lot of paste -four
and some brushes. The charge of petit
larceny was accordingly brought against
him. When he was arraigned the de-
fendant entered plea of guilty, and
was remanded for sentence until p. m.
today, his bail being fixed at $l00.
THE usual grist of drunks this time
was reduced to three. Two of them
were fined while the third was allotted
two days in the chain-gang without an
alternative.
N. @. Johnson, the collecting agent of
the owner of the Loe Angeles theater
building, who is charged with battery
by Mrs. Ramboze, was arraigned. The
plaintiff, as was published in the HER
AID last week, accuses johnson of hav-
ing thrown her son down stairs. The
examination was set for July 10Th.
Edward Berger, who was cook at the
New York kitchen on First street, is
said to have run amuck the other night,
and was arrested under charge of dis
turbing the peace. He deposited $40
cash bail, and his examination was set
for today.
j. S. Bernard got drunk in the wee'
sma' hours of Sunday, and Immediately
after the free breakfast at the religious
headquarters, No. 433 South Spring
street, and attempted to walk up the
aisle Of the place of devotion. He fell
down in his effort and had to be taken
to the police station in the patrol wagon.
He was fined 500, and will probably
build roads for twenty days.
Henry Williams is charged with steal
ing twenty-dollar coat belonging to
Henry Owens from Ed Meyers's cigar
store, on Second street. He was ar
rested on Commercial street by Officer
Stewart. Williams once before was up
for forgery, and is now in bad hole.
His bail was fixed at $3.50, and his trial
will take place July 18th.
Lille Walters, about as handsome a
colored girl as lives in this city, swore
to complaint against Charles Harper,
the factotum of Johnny Griffith's saloon
on Second street. Harper has been the
company" of Lizzie for some time, and
has been visiting her at her room in the
Buena Vista house on New High street,
below Sonora. Yesterday the loving
couple got into an alteration and
Harper gave Lille bad beating. He
is charged with battery, and warrant
is out for his arrest.
Officer @. L. Johnson yesterday was
handed wallet which had been found
by his nephew at the corner of First
and San Pedro streets. 1t bears the
name of Clayton Briggs and contains a
number of valuable papers.
John Hubbard was arrested yesterday
morning at 8 40 by Officer Tcohey and
Mike Burns by Officer Rinkenbach.
They are mysterious couple who bear
resemblance to some wanted people in
the 'rogue's gallery" Pending the es-
tablishment of their identity, they are
locked up as suspicious characters.