The record-union., 1892-03-29
A VERY BLUE MONDAY.
The Unfortunates for Whom Judge
Cravens Prescribed.
A Strong Array of Sunday DRINKS and
Peace DiSturberS-Freddie ViSk-
ers TO Go to Whittier.

/ Tim Hodge was the first to apologize to
Judge Cravens yesterday morning for be-
| ing few degrees drunken than the law
allows. Tim was profuse in his explana-
| tons as to how it occurred, and how he
would endeavor to keep sober hereafter,
but he inadvertently acknowledged that
he had some money, and the court coveted
| S. thereof.
| James Leonard also pleaded guilty to be-
ing drunk, and submitted his pension
| certificate as a recommendation to the
court. The Judge thought Leonard ought
to be looked after until he had secured
his pension for the ensuing quarter, and
that he would be safest in the City Jail for
the next five days.
John Dougherty arrived from Virginia
City recently, but succeeded in getting
drunk without much delay. He had
spent all his money, but thought, if the
court would let him proceed, that he
could walk back to Virginia City, and
offered to go right away. Judge Cravens
told him that Sacramento was bad place
10 come to Tor the purpose OF getting
drunk, and impressed the fact upon him
| by sentence of ten days in jail.
John Doe' also pleaded guilty to be-
ing drunk, and in a doleful tone said he
had been possessed of $40 or S47. but was
rolled" somewhere, and awoka this
morning to find only few dollars left in
his pocket.
The court said that So was required or
John would have to go to jail.
BOTH WERE DAZZLED.
| James Turner and James Murphy
were charged with disturbing the
peace. Turner pleaded guilty without
hesitation, but Murphy pleaded not
guilty.
Officer Lowell testified that he arrested
the two men at the corner of Third and X
streets, at Considine's saloon. Murphy
struck at Turner, but only succeeded in
punching his fist through glass door.
| Murphy appeared to be mad, and talked
loudly and long. When he saw the
officer he tried to escape.
Murphy said he was standing quietly
at Consldlne's corner when Turner,
whom he did not know, came along and
struck him in the breast. He did the
! best he could to return the blow, but
missed his opponent and struck the
glass. His hand was decorated with
| bandage.
Turner testified, in a modest way, that
| he was so full he didn't know what had
occurred at the corner.
The case was continued until this
morning to hear the testimony of another
witness.
LITTLE FREDDIE vIsKERs.
The case of Freddie Viskers came up
| for judgment, Freddie having pleaded
guilty to the theft of pocket-knife from
a playmate.
Freddie's father came forward and tes-
tIhed that the boy was unmanageable
and would not stay at home, but came
and went as he pleased. The father
worked in the railroad shops and the
boys mother was an invalid. There was
no one to watch Freddie, and he had sent
him out OF the city at various times to
keep him out of trouble.
| Judge Cravens said the boy had given
| both his predecessor and himself trouble
! by his frequent appearance in court, and
/ he thought the best thing that could be
done was to give him chance to be dis
ciplined. He therefore ordered him COM
mitted to the Whittier Reform School for
| the period of four years.
REEDS ROUGH CUSTOMERS.
r. b. Reed, who had been convicted of
| battering John Manion at the City Hotel,
came up for sentence.
When asked by Judge Cravens if he
| had any legal cause to show why iudg-
ment should not be pronounced upon him,
he stated that he was keeping hotel in
rough quarter of town, and trying to
make decent place of it. He had
been,sfrequently knocked out by rough
characters who tried to run his business
and in Manion's case he thought it neces-
sary to deal roughly with him.
| Reed exhibited a dislocated thumb,
which he said was injured by one of his
| guests, and another had knocked him
down, loosening some of his teeth
! City Attorney Hart thought the court
should be lenient in the matter.
The Judge said Reed had a right to
| eject troublesome characters, in a reason
able way, and in this case he thought
| him justified to some extent. He there
fore allowed Reed to go by paying a fine
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