The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-06-16
IN THE COURTS YESTERDAY
AGENT sLEEWIN VIOLATED ORDI-
 N.1NCE.

Reilley Paid for His Ride-Garvin's Case
 Continued-R Fined Five Dollars
 and Got Thirty Days.
 Nathan Sleeman. the bicycle agent at 775 Chapel street, was arraigned in the city court yesterday morning for violat- ing the city ordinance relating to the obstruction of side walks.
 Charles & Hamilton appeared for Sleeman, who was charged with tying a bicycle which had an advertisement upon it, to a post in front of his place of business.
 The testimony of Sergeant Crocker was to the effect that a wheel bearing Sleeman's name could be seen at the place complained of every day in the week.
 The complaint was amended to June 13 instead of June 6, and the case was passed for time. When it was taken up again there was long controver- sy between the city attorney and MT. Hamilton. The case was continued until July IS.
 A MLDLE1 Ot CASEUS.
 Charles A. Weems, the eX-manager of the Down in Georgia" colored combi- nation, was singing on a Savin Rock car on Saturday night at midnight, when fight started. He drew a knife and was arrested. He was fined $3 in the city court yesterday morning.
 Thomas Mahoney, an undertaker's assistant at $50 Grand avenue, went to bed Saturday night with two $200 and one $10 bills in his trousers pocket. Henry O'COnnOr and John O'Brien, who sleep in an adjoining room, were ar rested by Policeman Maurice Connolly. When the men were searched a $20 bill and $1265 in change was found on O'ConnOr's person.
 O'ConnOr said that he went upstairs into Mahoney's room for his umbrella and found $20 bill on the floor. He picked up the money and put it in his pocket. He was drunk at the time. Judge Cable fined him $20 for drunken ness, and made the punishment for the theft $50 and three months. O'Brien was fined $20 for drunkenness.
 Maurice Reilly and Carrol Mccarthy started to go on an excursion Sunday morning. It rained so hard that the eX- cursion didn't start, so they hired a team and drove 10 Branford. There they had several drinks and McCar- thy got drunk. Reilly remained half way sober, and when Policeman O'COn- nor arrested Mccarthy, Reilly insisted on staying with him. He had been with him all day and intended remaining with him all night, he said. This he was allowed to do but this morning Reilly was indignant at his arrest. Reilly was fined $7 and costs for resist ance and Mccarthy was fined $7 and costs for drunkenness.
 Policemen Streit and J. T. McGrath raided Eugene F. Garvin's saloon at S1 Carlisle street at 5:30 Sunday night. Mrs. Garvin, Thomas COrcoran and Michael McShara was there besides the proprietor. The policemen found lit tie closet in which was a faucet and a pail half full of ale Streit filled the pail while McGrath pulled out the par tition and followed sixty feet of piping down cellar into a keg. All were ar rested, but Garvin was so drunk yester- day that the cases were continued until Thursday, June IS.
 Over a month ago George Reynolds was arrested upon complaint of his wife. Maria S. Reynolds. who lives at Whalley avenue and Orchard street, and Judge Dow ordered him to keep away from her. Reynolds went to Branford and stayed there until Satur- day, when he returned and threatened her life because she had applied for a divorce from him.
 He followed her home Saturday night and kept insulting her. She went to the police and Sergeant Crocker ac- cOmpanied her home, but Reynolds had got out of the way. Sunday he had a l long club with which he attempt l ed to dash her brains out. Detective l Gibson and Policeman Keenan were | sent to the house. Reynolds saw them coming, and, throwing away his club
 ran.
 The officers chased him through the rain to Goffe street and arrested him ! Judge Cable yesterday morning fined
 him S5 and sent him to jail for thirty days.
 1 Charles Rather. an Ivy street con- l tractor, who is building a house on Ea.
 ton street, has allowed piles of lumber | to obstruct the sidewalk and no rec lights have been placed on the Obstruc- tion. Detective Gibson arrested hin
 Saturday night, and the case will be
 tried next Monday. Rather claims
 that boys steal the lights every night