The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-27

stopped and her face much Wrinkled
These marks of the hand of time com
mended her to the pity of every one who
saw her. There was no witness AGAINST
her except the policeman that arrested
her. He said he thought she was drunk,
and that she was unable to tell him
where she lived. Annie said She had not
touched drop of whisky in months
that the policeman had pushed her
around and handled her pretty roughly,
and then arrested her. The case against
her was dismissed. When told that She
might leave the room she invoked n bless
ing on the recorders head, ard in a
dazed way tried to find her way out.
| Someone stepped forward and showed
her out When she got on the sidewalk
she again seemed TO be at a loss what to
do, but at last tottered Off The whole
thing was sight to make the laughing
crowd quiet, and to bring look of pity
and thOughtfulness into faces which sell
dom enjoy that honor.
John McNeel was up, charged with
stealing pair of slippers. john has be
/ come pretty familiar with the recorder
aud the other people who attend the DO
lice court. having been up before on va
rious charges. He told a very smooth
| story about another boy giving him the
| slippers, but was turned ever to the city
court to conclude his explanations
Another man on the docket was Tom
/ Sampson, charge, drunk and disorderly.
! Tom pleaded guilty and got a So fine.
| Z. A. Cooper and Emma Bush, who, &C
| cOrding to the evidence, enlivened the
usual busy Saturday afternoon in the
market by cursing and abusing every one
! they came in contact with, were allowed
to pay 50 each for their fun.
! Sam Duncan and Rebecca Middleton
were charged with disorderly conduct
and fighting in the street Rebecca ex-
planned TO the recorder that she and Sam
| were just having a little innocent play
| when the policeman, thinking they were
/ fighting. arrested them. AS Sam had his
coat cut open in the back with a knife.
which Rebecca, in her playfulness, had
| come near burying in his back, and as Re
/ oecca bore evidence of having been
| punched in the face, they were fined s.
! each, or ten days on the gang
Hannah HiX was called in charged with
/ cursing and abusing John Dixon. Han
nah said she did it because John was
"undermindin' de boosters" This, how
| ever, much to Hannah's surprise, did not
satisfy the recorder and Hannah got $40
or thirty days.
! Ponder Green was charged with run
| ming away while on bond. Ponder said he
/ had never been in court scrape before,
and that his friends had painted his pros
! poets if he ever got into court in such
| dark colors that he made up his mind he
| could not be much worse off if he was
caught than if he went to court of him
self, so he made a bolt of it. He was
turned over to the city court.
! Sam Williams, one of gang of young
| colored sports, was called in charged with
! diSOrderly conduct on the street. Will
| liams said he did not belong to the crowd
/ but just followed the policeman to see
/ whom he had caught so he would be able to
| let the parents of the unlucky boy know
| he was in Jail. 1t was impossible to sub
| stantiate this story, as the officer had to
run Sam some distance before he was
| able to catch him, and the witnesses saw
| the officer, not Sam, doing the chasing
/ Sam got g or five days.
Ben Harmon and Joe Walker were
charged with rock throwing in the
/ streets The boys claimed they were try
| ing to do the state great kindness by
! stopping cat fight which was being
/ fought without regulation gloves. This
/ did not satisfy the court and the boys
were fined ~ each.
/ Maggie Patterson was charged with
/ disOrderly conduct and using obscene Ian
/ guage in the street. She was guilty and
got s. or ten days
Louis Black, hackman, was charged
with allowing his hack to remain over fif-
teen minutes in front of the De Soto
Black told the usual story about being
engaged and got the usual 50 fine.
James Maxwell and William Pinkney
were charged with throwing rocks in the
street. They both said the policeman
had gotten the wrong boys, and just as
much a matter of course they got the
usual - or five days
The case against Ben Conley for as
sauIting p M. Brooks was continued.