The herald., 1896-05-21
POLICE COURTS
Small 7atters That Were Acted Upon by the
Justices Yesterday

In the police court yesterday, John
Hamilton was arraigned on charge of
burglary. committed early the same day at
the Hotel des Pyrenees. at the corner of
Alico and Alameda streets. The place is
run by Frenchman named Ordoqui, and
while everybody in the house was out at
!. o'clock in the morning attending fire
Hammond entered bedroom. Finding
nothing else of value to take he bundled
up the bedclothes and carried everything
OFF except the mattress. Oneof lnsleys
patrolmen, II. Il. Lyman, captured the
thief, ran him in and his arrangement fol-
lowed within a few hours. Hamilton
wanted to plead guilty but his examna-
ton was set for today. He will be held and
whe nthe case comes TO trial can plead
guilty II he wants to.
Harry Parkman, accused of grand lar
ceny for having stolen a bicycle. was up
for pleading and had examination set for
the 23d. Another complaint on the same
lines was filed during the day against him.
and still another ispromised for today.
=, Two boys. Felipe Gallardo and Manuel
Sepulveda, had been arrested for petty lar
eeny committed early yesterday morning.
Offices Nignes caught them on Upper Main
street in the act of making away with a
pitcher of milk from a door step. They
also had three loaves of bread which they
had taken from a bakers wagon. They
are runaway lads and are stated to have
lived in this manner for some time past
Their case was heard and taken under adj
Visement.
The folny charge against e. 2. Carnicle.
A. NJ. CARPENTER, George Mitchell and
Frank Ham wer on the calendar for pre-
liminary examination, but Alessrs. Rush
and Davis announced themselves as not
ready to proceed, and the matter on g
more went over until the 2sth. In Justice
Morrison's court Fred Mccoy was found
guilty by jury of battery UPON f. B..
Williams, a young real estate agent. At
the request of the defendant the justice
postponed sentence until next Monday at
10 a. m. Mccoy smashed Williams at the
corner of Second and Broadway on the
night of April u. during a dispute in which
the defendant accused Williams of alien
ating his wife's affections.
Henry StadthaSen. proprietor of the res
taurant at Main and Requena streets, APP
peared for sentence upon conviction of
misdemeanor for having in his poss ession
and offering for sale sinking fish utterly
unfit for consumption. He was fined $50,
which was paid amid protestations that
he was ruined man, and that his business
was gone.
charges of street soliciting. Lottie Ander-
son paid so fine Lulu Thompson had SIS
bail money applied as she failed to an
fioater, and the last, Maud Williams, was
fined S25 or twenty-five days. and in adj
dition sent below to serve a ninetyday
floater. which was hanging over her.
There were also three male Migrants. two
of whom. Cornelius Stanton and Jim MUIR
ply. got 30-day fioaters and W. NJ, Thomas.
who was found guilty and will be sem
Fred or Teddy Coleman and f. Schelle,
accused Of battery on separate charges.
respectively. T. c. Follanebee. said TO
have malicously cut off some eucalyptus
tree branches will appear today for trial.
J. d. Steele and his son of the same name
walk. fined s. each A notice of appeal to
the superior court was filed.
There was one lonesome bicycle rider to
appear for sentence for riding on the side
walk. He failed to show up and forfeited
his IS bail. Three miserable DRINKS com
pleted the list for the day and were lightly