Evening journal., 1895-12-24
LENIENCY AND JUSTICE.
They Go Hand In Hand in Mu-
nicipal Court This Morning.
TIE vIoLATORs OF LAW REJOICE


Lena Hits Maggie with a Plate and IL
Costs Her Five-A Man whose Refusal
to Take the Pledge Costs Him Three
DolIars-Other Cases Disposed of by
Judge Ball.
When the veteran Billy Heal removed
the big scales from the judicial closet
this morning. and placed them on Judge
Balls oesk whore he could act at them,
he gtzsd with a puzzled air on the heavy
weights reporter who was standing
near heard him, the man who WAS tenor
to evil doers q quarter.csntury. back, softly
remark: "rhls ia the day before
Christmas and perhaps II don't put
these big fellows too handy, the judge
won't feel called on to use them. It's
bad enough for the poor fellows to drink
the desc without having to drain of the
bitter dregs at the bottom" and he
pushed .them way back on the. shelf out
Of sight.
When Judge Ball arrived and toek his
seat OH the bench. he scanned the docket
and breathsd sigh Of relief for there
we're no very serious offences to adju-
dicate.
Unhappy Wedding Anniversary.
This is the anniversary Of the marriage
OF Purnell and Martha Johnson This
morning he was srraignsd on = charge Of
assault on her. She appeared with great
reluctance and told the judge that, when
sober, Purasll was hard working, good
man, but he has bssn npreeing It for the
past three months Last night she had
TO call Onicer Kslnh oltz 70 protect her
The man was given a chance for liberty
II he would take the pledge, bat he
surilly declined aud will have to 90 to
New Castle OF pay S. and costs
Lena Grooms and Maggie Norris. both
colorsd, live In the same house. bnt not
at peace They had several drinks
together yesterday and then trouble
arose In which Lena smashed Maggie In
the face with a plate, cutting her up
considerably. Lena WAS taxed 80 and
costs She claimed that Maggie was
under the "fuence of toxieated drinks
and began the STRAY, but the witnesses
didn't Bssr her statement out.
Wages Of Shooting Crap.
William Frisby, q colored barber at
Sixth and Penn streets, had another
colorsd man, giving his name as J..
@. Duvaul, arrested for obtaining So
under false pretensss William said that
Duvaul entered his shop yesterday and
tried to borrow osnts John Reed
colored. who WAS having his hair cut.
gave DuvAul a 50 note to 90 ont and get
changed on a promise that he would
return "a 95. Ho never showed up.
Duvaul claimed that be with Others
we're shooting craps In the shop and be
losu $i5 Then be snRtched The 90 bill
from the hoer and refused to give It
back. This Frisby and Reed both denisd
Duvaui Was hsld in $500 bail for the
upper court.
William Boyer, colored, arrested By
Ofkcer Hurley for corner lounging At
Button VI ood and d streets was fned 81
and costa. II WAS shown that he belongs
to a bad crowd which bothsrs the people
In that vicinity.
The case of Max Podolski charged with
asssulting his wife Annie Was dismissed
on her request
The city solicitor reported that there
WAS no evidence against John Farraghel
charged with selling liquor without 3
license and on Sunday at Eighth and
ButtonWood streets, aud the case was
dismissed Fsrragher is not licensed
and gave the liquor away, which he bad
a right to do. He asked for the name oi
the informer on him, adding that thii
was the third time he had been Ia like
trouble and It looked like persecution
He didn't get the Information