Los Angeles herald., 1893-01-08
CRIMINAL CASES IN COURT,
The Notorious P0welson Must
Answer Two Charges.
G. B. Holmes to Be Arraigned for
Forgery on Tuesday.
A Robbery Case from Burbank-Frsd
Mayne Held Co Answer-some
Small Gases in the
Police Court.

There are two charges in the police
court against Frank Powelson-mali-
cious mischief and battery. The latter
case is set for the 18th instant and the
former for the 18th. His bond ON the
charge of battery was fixed at $500, and
for misdemeanor, 800. He is in Jail.
@. B. Holmes, charged with forgery,
will be arraigned in Justice Austin's
court on next Tuesday. There is similar
charge against him in Justice Seaman's
court. The case is also set for Tuesday.
A warrant was sworn out in Justice
Seaman's court yesterday by A. Brous-
seau, charging the mythical peraonages,
John Doe and Richard Roe, with rob-
berry. Brousseau lives in a hut near
Burbank, and states that on Friday
night two pc rsons, whose real names
are unknown to him, ''entered the afore-
said hut and stole therefrom' his new
hat, new cost, new shoes and scarf
pin valued at $40; the gold cor the pin
he "dug up'' out of the ground.
Fred Mayne, charged with embezzle-
ment, had preliminary examination
before Justice Austin yesterday, and was
held in $1,000 bail. He is charged with
selling horse and buggy entrusted to
him by the Tally-Ho stables.
Mayne will be arraigned before JUS
tice Seamans next Tuesday on the
charge of obtaining money under false
pretenses.
In the police court yesterday, l.. A.
Murray was given 100 days in Jail for
stealing coat and vest
Billy Garter and George Parsons were
given rs days each for similar crime.
John Lyons was given three months
for resisting an officer. He struck Off
Ger Conlee while under arrest.
James Boyle, who battered fruit
dealer, was given 20 days.
Justice Seamans fined Charles Hoeckel
$40 for assaulting John Thorp. Il seems
Thorp, who is partly blind in one eye,
was hit in the other eye by his assail-
ant.
POLICE NOTES
Lewis Etting and Burt Hadley were
taken to- San Quentin yesterday by
Deputy Sheriff Kesrney. The prisoners
are under five years sentence each for
burglary.
Ben. Davis and Frank Duffy were
brought in from Pomona yesterday and
lodged in the county Jail. Each were
under sentence of 10 days for petit lar
ceny.
A young man named Levi Loree met
with painful accident yesterday.
While crossing railroad track he iell
and fractured his right arm. He was
taken to the receiving hospital for
medical treatment.
Steve Guerowsky, who is in the coun-
ty hospital, lost gold watch in some
mysterious manner, and yesterday
swore out warrant in Justice Seamans'
court, describing the suspected person
as John Doe. A search warrant was
placed in the hands OF Detective Auble.
He found the watch as described in
secondhand store on Main street, and
notified the woman in charge not to dis
pose of it. When he returned a half
an hour later she told him that she had
sold the watch, but did not know to
whom.
Three toughs were raising regular
Saturday night disturbance on Aliso
street, near the gas factory, last evening
Officers Gridley and Goodman captured
two of them, and on the way to the
prison the tough who gaue his name as
Jesse James struck Officer Goodman
They will appear in the police court to-
morrow for sentence.