The herald., 1894-12-06
HORSES APPETITE.
THE CHARGES FOR MAKING A
RESTAURANT OF A GARDEN.
G. b. Ladd Construotively In Jail, but
Actually About Town. for Psrmit-
ting His Nag to Browse on =
Neigh boris shr abb .ry.

G. B. Lsdd. gentleman formerly o.
Antelope valley, but now = resident
OF Pasadena, where he praotises law
within the bailiwick. appeared to Judge
Smith, on q writ of habess corpus, al
legng that he was illegally restrained OF
his liberty by Constable ]. r. Slater oil
| Pasadena.
The defendant was charged by Joseph
Turner OF Pasadena in August last with
having, in the language OF the COM
plant, committed and maintained q
nuisance" aud upon being arrested re-
fused to DO released ON his own recog'
would be defrauded of some OF his priv
ileges as citizen. He was conseq uently
placed under 500 bonds.
Upon September Sd, the day set for
the trial of the case. the defendant
failed to appear and hold himsslf amena-
bic to the order of the court, and, as a
natural result. the bond was declared
forfeited and q warrant issued for his
arrest. Upon December 4.h Mr.. Ladd
again found himself in custody and
called upon to show osuse why he had
arrogated especial privilegs in monkey
ing with the dignity of the rural court.
The hearing OF the case WAS SGT by J. H.
Merriam, justice OF the peace for Pasa~
dena township, for D.cAnohe. 9Th. Rail
was again set at 500. bat Mr.. Ladd did
not wait for such trifls to be adjusted.
but wandered off and out OF court and
went about his business.
Suing out q whit OF habeas corpus, he
bobbed up serensly in department one
yesterday. After informing the court as
to the status of his case, and no n, con-
structiyely he was restrained OF his lib
erty, Judge Smith remarked that habeas
corpus was moro for the relief of those
restrained by bolts and bars than those
others only constructivelg in Jail. The
defendant was about to argue the point
when it developed that he was not only
constructively but actually under arrest,
for Justice of ths Peace Merriam and
constable Slater were both in court.
Mr.. Ladd weakened, aud Attorney
Montsfi,, as his friend, drew the attsn-
ton OF the court to popularity of the
complaint. The defendant was charged
with having committed and main
tanned q nuisance" while as a matter OF
fact he had turned his horse loose in
the stree. and, being afflicted with q
ravenous appetite, it had proceeded
forthwith to regale itself on the luxuri-
ant foliage in the garden of the COM
plalnant. The court ruled that while
in common parlsnce horse trampling
on flower beds and eating up the shrub
berry was a nuisance without doubt, yet
in law the complaint would not hold
good, as the offense. in any event, would
be only trespass.
The defendant explained that he had
taken two viewers to tho scene OF hi,
horses depredations, and they had
counted nine bites. He had offered
compensatory damages in the shape OF
81, or a decimal trife over IL cents O
bite, but h;s offsr was spurned.
The court wishing to know if there
vas anything further il the case, Dep
uty District Attorney Davies facetiously
remarked that the defendant was in
contempt, anyway, for he had olssred
out from the Pasadena court room with
out furnishing bonds and without oere-
mony.
AS the contempt proceedings would
not lie, the defendant was restored to
that which, apparently, hs had never
lost-his liberty.