San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-12-29
ToDAY's PoLIuE COURT.
Judge Devine Has an Interesting
DOcket-Vagrants, Drunks, Etc.


Docket-vagrants, Drunks, Etc {.
This morning there were fourteen case
ON the recorders docket Three were con
tinued, three dismissed, one tfansferret
and S43 assessed in fines.
Th0s. Fuller and j. M. johnson had
light yesterday near the Geo. Wash.
Fuller is a cripple, and he says, ''whel
johnson began abusing me | broke m,
crqtch over his head. / am guilty o
lighting because | fought, but he started
the rumpuS." johnson did not show III
and the. case was continued, TO get hin
and other witnesses.
Ed Reading was arrested yesterday by
Officer Springer for being drunk. WheT
asked this morning whether or not he was
guilty he replied that he had been drink
ing. He was fined 81.
Bob Campbell'S hack and a street cal
colllded on Flores street Christmas morn
ing and Campbell aud the hack got con-
siderably the worst Of it. The motor
man, fearing he would be arrested, made
an affidavit against Campbell for care
less driving. The case came up for trial
this morning and IL was proven that
Campbell was not in his right mind that
the way through, Recorder Devine dis
missed the case.
j. M. Macanaugh was arrested yester-
day by Officer Brown for being drunk
He. appeared in court this morning
with very swollen countenance
that bore good evidence that the
prisoner was out on healthy Jag last
guessed he was guilty" as he did drink a
few ''straights" last night. Judge De-
vine thought so too aud assessed a 81 fine
against him.
J. II. Harper was arrested yesterday
py Queer Battle for being drunk and
,disorderly. He was also charged with
another offence that of pedling without
a ileen 70. Harper tried to scrap" with
See ohnef out it was no use as he wasn't
DIG ENOUGH. He said he was an engraver
and would tngrave the ju ige'S watc b II he
would turn hun loose He was fined s.
Martin Moraw, boy about 16 years of
age. was up this morning, for being
tramp. When called before the bar, he
began crying and said he had lust got
into town." when Officer Montez grabbed
him. He said that he had come from Mis-
souri,, where his parents live, and was
going to visit his uncle at Victoria. He
gave as his reason for leaving home, that
his step-mother treated him badly. The
boy looked as If he had been tramping it
for years.
Pedro Lopez put on a kind of don't
care" air, when he was called up to an
swer 10 the charge of being a vagrant.
He spoke English perfectly, but not a
word of Spanish did he know. He claimed
that he was a stone mason; that he was
born and raised at Cotulla, Texas; that
he had made So day at his trade in this
city, but did not know a soul here. He
claimed to have just arrived from Ken
nedy Junction, where he had been lamp
ing rails with the section gang for a
month or two. He said he had 800 on
the 18th OF this month, but Christmas
coming on he had spent 1t. Recorder De-
vine said he would give him nice New
Years dinner and locked him up for ten
days.
Phil. Lewis, one eyed negro with
teeth the size OF ten-penny nail, tried
To hit Office CAESARS with a rock, last
night, because the officer fired" him out
of the Bella Union. He was fined IS.
Il. Arady, IA "Dutchman from Cork"
was before his honor this morning
charged with being a vagrant. Brady
said he was laborIng man, and had just
arrived in town TO get work. Officer
Easterly found him near the ). A. p.
"nonkeying" around some box cars and
run him IN He was let off with a 81
fine.
Mickie 0'Brien and other gentlemen
os the road, as he styled himself. told
the recorder that he didn't have a job
and he didn't seem to want one. He
asked his honor to let him off light. and
was turned over TO Capt Shardein for 10
days.
John Ward and Richard Bradley. Two
negro boys. were put in the cooler last
night for fighting. This morning Ware
pleaded guilty and said he was looking
into BradIey's hand while they were
playing cards. and Bradley told him not
20 do so any more. and without any cause
at all, he hit him. He was fined 50 and
u e case ga nst Bradley was dismissed.
Sr. Don Juan de la Serda waS"in town"
last night. He was out for fun and pre-
posed Ito do the thing up brown" He
had begun TO get in his work" when
Officer Weal herly came across him and
escorted him to the Palace de Shardein
where he was given comfortable quarters
for the right This morning he had not
recovered sufficiently to remembe any
thing in particular and his case was con-
tinued.
On the 18th of this month Wesley Ford,
a negro boy, struck Dan Baykar, a negro
man. on the head with big fence picket,
cutting the flesh slightly. A warrant has
beeh out for him ever since. Yesterday
he was captured by Officers Peter
son. and Schumacher. This morning
he was transferred to the justice court on
a charge of aggravated assault. The ev-
idence shows that the two had had some
trouble over dog the day previous. That
night Bavkar was stanking on the corner
of the sidewalk when Ford slipped up be-
hind him and knocked him senSeless with
the picket.