San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-08-05
RECORDERS COURT.
What Was Done this Morning by
Judge DeVine

What Was Done this Morning by
Judge Devine
The case against A. G. Navarro
was again called up this morning, he
being OH an alias warrant. He failed
to show up, though, and his bond
was declared forfeited, and another
warrant was issued for him and the
clerk instructed not to let him out on
a bond less than $500 The two for
mer bonds were so.
Fred Wheeling, who was arrested
last Wednesday afternoon by Officer
Nye Hale, and whose case was con-
tinued yesterday morning to get
witnesses, was up this morning for
trial, OH two charges, namely, for be
ing a suspicious character and for
being a vagrant. 1t seems that on
Tuesday, lie went to the residence of
Mrs. De Soria, on 3rd street and asked
for dinner; they gave it him and
then told him to clean out stove
pipe. He cleaned the pipe and for
his services, he says, she promised
him an old shirt. On Wednesday he
went back for the promised shirt
hut she would have nothing to do
with him and told him to go away.
That made him mad and he used to.
ward her some very foul language
and threatened to make it warm for
her that night. He left and Officer
Hale was sent for, told about 1t, and
he arrested the man q few minutes
afterwards on Alamo plaza. He was
fined $40 in the vagrant case. The
suspicious character case was dis
missed.
Helen Harris was up this morning
for using abusive language towards
Sadie hay. 1t grew out of the fight
between those two women. She said
she used the words, but had good
cause to do so, as Sadie hit her. The
case was dismissed. Another case
against her tor refusing to pay hack
bill was also dismissed, she having
paid the bill.
Walter Booker, negro arrested by
Officer Frink for being suspicious
character, was tried this morning.
Booker is the same parsonage who
was arrested and convicted for steal
ing some shoes out of a building on
Alamo Plaza on the night of
the big fire. Yesterday morn
ing, about 10 o'clock, he stole
three billiard balls from an italian
named g. Govinisi, who runs q table
on Durango street. He carried them
over to Early Scott's place and sold
them to Scott's hoy. There Govinisi
found and recovered them. Booker
was arrested and this morning he was
given 80 days. He would have been
transferred to the Justices court, but
the italian would not appear against
him.
Yesterday afternoon, while Detec-
tives OMeara and Van Ripper were
sitting on the west front steps of the
city hall they saw a negro maxim
down the street with q pair of shoes
in mis- hand and just behind him a
white man was running. They gave
chase and succeeded ia catching him
as he entered Main plaza. They put
him in jail on charge OF being sus-
| picious character, aud this morning
| he was transferred to the Justices
| court on q charge of theft. He is
! charged with stealing the shoes from
stoorekeeper named Guirinsky.
VIM. Hebicke pleaded guilty to be.
ing drunk and down and was fined 81.
The case against Minnie Arnold
and Miguel Rivas, for fighting, was
| con tinued to get witnesses.
The case against Lille Schneider,
for keeping a bswdy house without a
license. at the corner of South East
and Nuevs streets, came up for trial.
She fought the case with two lawyers
but they didn't have the evidence
and fine of $50 was assessed against
her.