Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-02-10
A LIGHT DOCKET.
OaIy Fifteen Prisoners in Judge Kimball's
Court This Morning.


There were onlys IN prison ers in the Police
Court this morning and most of them were
under lock and KEY for such trivial offenses tina;
they were marched upstairs in the procession
and given an opportunity to plead guilty or
stand trial
Policeman Oriaui was the first witness called
and he gave evidence against George Davis. a
goO,i-lOoking man, who was charged with va
grancy. Begging from persons along Pennsyl-
vania avenue and 18th street was the principal
allegation against him. and he made statement
in his own behalf. He made no claim that he
worked for his living. but said that his friends
helped him and he thought that that was all
right
Il saw him stop a man on 18th street yester-
day" said the officer
'.Who was that mani" the court asked.
"a newspaper man.. replied Davis.
81 don't think he was newspaper man,
said the officer,
DAVIS was given sixty days.
THE GIRLs GOT OFF.
Rosa Williams. Barbara Green. BERTHE Ward
and BERTHE Reynolds, coIored girls, were charged
with destroying private property It was al
legged that they made a fire In house on
Missouri avenue and slept there all night but
the proof did not sustain the charge they
were dismissed
Lawyer Moss entered a plea of guilty for
Louis Taylor, who was charged with dlsOrderiy
conduct and the judge gave Louis until to-
morrow to pay a fine of 50.
John Evans. a stranger IN the city. who has
been employed on a river boat about Baltl-
more. was given hearing as a vagrant lie
said that there was money due him IN BaltI-
more and the judge advised him TO return TO
that city, telling HIM that walking was good.
The prisoner promised to take the officers adj
vice and his personal bonds were taken
JOHN KELLY AMI HIS KNIFE.
John Kelly. who has been stopping at a cheap
lodging house. was arrsigned for disOrderly
conduct and carrying dangerous knife. He
was intoxicated last night and when he went to
the New York Lodging House he attempted to
cut another because the latter tried to
Keep him out The court fined HIM $50 or 105
days on the farm He was committed. About
three years ago Kelly was arrested in the same
house and at that time he was armed with
knife and pistol
Richard W Morgan, alias Patrick Morgan,
did not RENE mber his condition last night when
a policeman arrested him. The policeman was
sober and remembered for hun. His penalty
was sl0. and the judge trusted him until Mon
day ~ pay the fine
THE aooD SAMARITAN DIDN'T WORK.
James T. Vines, a stranger IN the city. who
had IS cents in his pocket when arrested, was
found in company with an intoxicated man
ABOUT i s5O o CLOCK t0l- morning. JuISe MIL
ball held that his conduct was suspicious al
though the man claimed that he was acting the
part Of good Samaritan. Thirty days
I'm a drunklrd. but I'm 20 vagrant. said
John Black. land when I'm sober 1 present d
great deal of resp@ctabilIty.
The judge thought he presented II very sell
dom. as he Was drunk most Of his time and
sent him back TO the farm.
William HaskIns plead guilty to a charge of
yagrancy and went down tor sixty DAYS.
Hugh Brown was given until Saturday to
pay a nne OF 80 for disorderIy conduct