The record-union., 1892-11-03
LOSES His Vote.
Ed Rand Goes to the County Jail for
Four Months.
A Consumptive Immigrant Exercises
His Muscle on Squaw-A Few
Minor Cases.

James Ryan, for being drunk, pleaded
earnestly in the Police Court yesterday
that he got in that condition quite unex-
pectedly, and all he wanted was chance
to get back TO Haggin's ranch, where he
came from. He was allowed to 60, with
the admonition to make tracks for the
country without delay.
j. w. Brown, charged with disturb
ance of the peace, had his case dismissed
at the request of the prosecuting witness,
who acknowledged satisfaction. His was
another case of too much drink.
Con Sheehan, a cripple, charged with
vagrancy, pleaded not guilty, and had
his trial set for Saturday
Fred Elwell, up for sentence for va
grancy, pleaded that he had been sick
and was trying to get back to Marysville.
lie was sentenced to six months in the
County Jail, with the commitment sus-
pended for SIX hours to give him chance
TO migrate.
I'd Rand appeared for sentence for be-
ing a common drunkard. He protested
10 the court that 1t was very wrong to
send him to jail and 'disfranchise" him
just at election time, when his vote might
carry the election for President, besides
lie didn't want to go to a charitable inSti-
tuition while he was able to work.
Judge Cravens thought, however, that
as winter was coming on he ought to be
looked after for awhile, and therefore
gave him l20 days in the County Jail.
;. Getchell, arrested on complaint Of his
wife for battery, was discharged on the
payment OF costs, at the request of his
wife, through the prosecuting attorney.
FRANK Skifington, a small boy, con-
victei of petit larceny, was sentenced to
the Whittier Reform School for five
years. His father appeared in court and
testified that he was unable to manage
and provide for the boy.
John Hennessy, Skiffington's compan-
ion IN the theft of guitar, owned up to
the Judge that his name was Charlie
Jones. He said his mother lived at
Twenty-eighth street and Telegraph av-
enue, Oakland, and that he did not be-
long IN Sacramento.
Judge Cravens said he did not wish to
send him to the County Jail. nor to
Whittier, at the tax of this county, and
therefore suspended sentence and or
dered him returned to Oakland by an
officer.
}. E. Jones was tried and found guilty
OF battery on an Indian woman whom he
claimed as his wife. The pair recently
came from Sheridan, and have been
~
man passing their camp saw Jones beat
ing the woman, and caused his arrest.
The woman was badly cut and bruised
about the face, and testified reluctantly to
Jones having struck her q number of
heavy blows.
Jones pleaded that he was sick and con-
sumptive. and that his bad temper led
him to strike his wife. He acknowledged
having served twenty-five days at Sheri-
dan for the same ctfense. His case was
taken under advisement until to-day.
Frank Blair and Frank Benicia, two
small boys, were arraigned for petty
larceny in taking some cheroots from a
store recently damaged by fire at 729 X
street. The prosecuting witness failed to
produce any convincing evidence against
the lads, and they were discharged.
John SHELTON, convicted of violating a
sanitary ordinance, had his sentence in
definitely postponed, the health officers
having intimated that they had no desire
to intlict fine in this instance.