Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-07
SUNDAY POLICE COURTS.

Magistrates Bave Light Hearings All Over
the City-Only Few New Faces wiii
Appear at the workhouse-AlIegheny
Has Only Few Gases.
At the regular Sunday morning hearing
at Central police station yesterday morning
there were 19 cases. Joseph Oswald was
sent 90 DAYS to the workhouse. He became
jealous of stranger who was paying atten-
tion to his sweetheart, on Third avenue, and
shot at him. Detective Shore locked him
up for disorderly conduct. William Smith
also got so days for vagrancy.
Andrew Clark got 60 days for fighting
with George Smith, vino was fined .S3
and costs. Henry Deming got 80 days for
an alleged attempt to rob a drunken man
on Ross street. Inspector Coulson said he
had served time in a Norristown prison.
Marshal Adams got the same sentence for
fighting, and John Lynch the same, the lat
ter for knocking his opponent through
Liberty street store window.
Magistrate McKenna disposed of IL cases
at the Twelfth ward station. Patrick
Churchill was arrested in Perkins pool
room Saturday night on a warrant sworn
out BY his sister, Kate Churchill, charging
him with disorderly conduct. She alleged
street, made various threats and threw
lamp at her. He was fined S25 and costs
Joseph Hooken and Levi Whitaker were
arrested on Eleventh street Saturday
night, the former as a suspicious character,
the latter on a charge of drunkenness.
Hooken had Whitaker, who was stupidity
drunk, in an alley and was going through
his pockets. Whitaker was discharged,
and Hookner was fined S25 and costs. John
Hughes was arrested Saturday night on
charge of disorderly conduct. He was in
toxicated and Knocked down and beat
little boy, James Hoerr. He was fined s25
and costs John Grogan was given 30 days
to the workhouse. He was arrested
on a charge of drunkenness, but assaulted
one of the prisoners in the patrol wagon
with him. Dan Mulcahey was arrested as a
suspicious character. He had a drunken
man, Patrick Mclaughlin, with him. Null
cahey was given 80 days to the workhouse
and Mclaughlin was discharged. Joseph
Schall was arrested on an information made
by P. Conney, charging him with disorderly
conduct. Conney alleged that the defend
ant came into his store on Penn avenue and
costs F. d. Powell. for raising disturb
ance in a house on First avenue, was fined
SO and costs.
Magistrate Leslie disposed of seven cases
at the Seventeenth ward station. Fred
Biotch and Michael Welsh went into shoe
store on Butler street Saturday night to
purchase pair of boots. They quarreled
with the proprietor and became so noisy
they were arrested They were each fined
S. and costs George Speer was arrested by
Officer Harper at an early hour yesterday
morning as a suspicious character. He had
been loaing around the streets all night.
He fought the officer and was taken to the
station house with difficulty. He was given
80 days to Claremont.
Magistrate Succop had dozen cases at
the Twentv-eighth ward station. John
Fox, Joseph Smith, Joseph Baurish and
Frank Leebaski, for fighting ON the street,
were fined $40 and costs each. Lawrence
Metzgar, for using profane language on
car, was fined S. and costs. George Ander-
son acted disorderly in the P. & L. E. sta
tion. for which he was fined S15 and costs.
There were eight cases before Mayor
Voegtly at the hearing in Allegheny.
Among these were John, Tracey and Harry
Lemuer. The former has boarding house
in divers row, Woods Run, and he and
Lemuer quarreled and began to fight.
Samuel Simon, boarder. tried to stop it.
Yracey drew a knife and rushed at Simon,
forcing him to leave the house. Simon
called an officer and had the two men ar
rested. They were fined $40 each.