The evening times., 1895-09-25

The actors were many in Judge Kim
| balls court this morning, but the audi
ence was small in numbers The weake
sex predominated, both in the dock ant
the witness chair.
Sarah Carter and Rosa Winfield wer'
first introduced to his honor. Sarah ant
Rosa had been loud and boisterous. The!
both pleaded guilty and were lined u
each.
The officer in the case then stepped VI
and asked TO speak word in their Dehalf
He claimed that Sarah was little simple
minded, and the judge took her persona
bonds.
John Holmes was then charged with De
ing an habitual drunkard. John also had
been begging, but denied the charge
How about this man." asked his honor
"Hc gets drunk every time he can raise
five or ten cents"
II don't. no such ting" yelled John
from the dock.
ANY witnesses?"
YES, sir. knows him-he's berry trou
blesome, gifts drunk many times, and dis
time he was wusser dan befo'."
Five dollars fine"
A little colored boy about ten years old,
with gambling ambitions, then denied the
charge of shooting crap. Robert Galloway
was his name and he took the stand.
.'Whatabout this scrapgame?" interrupted
the Judge, when Robert began his story
h.,e t,a yasna
II don't know muffin bout dat game"
"where were you ON the 18th of August"
Use down de ribber on 'scursioD."
.What day was it,"
II dunno"
How do you know IL was on the 12tb?''
81 dunno, 'xactly."
"Ten dollars"
dE THREW STONES.
Another small boy followed Robert. John
Holmes had been throwing stones.
what did you throw stones at this
woman fOr?"
'Her hit ME in de back"
What did you use that bad language
for?"
"Ain't used no lang widge; amt saw
nobody"
Three dollars" said the court.
Daniel Forsyth, nice-looking white
boy. was charged with fighting and using
bad language.
DanIei seiis flowers in the Academy of
Music lobby. and got mixed in an alterca-
ton with some other boys. which wound up
In fight on Ninth street.
"You folio wed those boys for three
squares looking for fight, didn't your
asked the Judge.
mo. sir; I went up there TO sell my
flowers on the corner"
But the witness says you left your
flowers in the restaurant"
'Yes. sir; but i"
''Five dollars fine"
The court was then highly entertained
for about twenty minutes by the attempt
of Lawyer George F. Curtis to prove to
his honor that the garbage regulations
were faulty, This was highly successful,
and his client, Mr.. Thomas W. Gilman
who was charged with not having his back
gate numbered, went out free man.
The regulations say that the proper
back entrances In alleys shall be numbered
with figures not less than two inches
high.
Mr.. Gilman lives on the corner of Sixth
street and Florida avenue and has no alley.
Lawyer Curtis claimed that the court
could not hold his client, as there was no
law to cover this case. The regulations
specifically say "aley entrance" and this
house has No alley entrance.
DEFINED AN ALLEY.
'Call Mr.. Richardson" SAID his honor. .
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court put the law before him and asked him
to uphold it in this case he said:
well. your honor, don't think can"
..Then you don't think we can hold this
gentlemen
''Well, your honor, am not prepared to
call an avenue an alley"
Case dismissed" said the court, and
the regulations were proved faulty.
Frederick j. West, an elderly white man,
who speaks broken English and is veteran,
was under the influence of liquor yester-
day and bothered a couple of ladies who
were driving along the road to BrOokland.
Sergt. Kenny, of Arctic fame, made the
arrest and testified to his bad behavior.
Theoldgentlemandidn' n'trememberbismis-
deeds and two OF three witnesses testified
that he was all right except when he got
drunk. The court allowed him an hour to
go out and get his So fine.
Ellen Hall,-a poor, dilapidated looking
, woman, who cells papers on the avenue
near Seventh street, was charged with Great
ing disturbance among the paper boys.
Ellen said she had been suffering with
malarial fever for SO long that she was un-
able to work, and as last resort had started
to sell papers.
I'm not able to walk all the way up to
the office, and buy the papers from the
boys on the corner. Sometimes they all
gather about me, and yesterday they got
me excited. -
Ibid you take any opium yesterday"
''No, sir; 1 never take any drugs of any
kind"
Ibid you tell me the last time you were
here that you had not been drinking, but
had taken little opium?"
mo, sir; never told you that
"Oh, yes, you did; three dollars"
Formed a Music Club.
Agroup of young men met at the residence
of j. X. Hartley, No. 635 E street south
east last evening aINd formed n Clnh