The herald., 1896-07-09
POLICE COURT HAPPENINGS
Justice Morrison Finds Captain Frair
Guilty of Battery
Ernest Kelly Gets Five Days IN Jall-Pompey
Smith convicted-Lottery Ticket Sellers.
Migrants and Other Offenders

Justice Morrison yesterday heard the
two cases against Ernest Kelly, one for
misdemeanor for beating a poor girl out
of $3.50 by a fake employment project,
and the other for petty larceny for
pawning a rented shotgun belonging to
Tufts-Lyon. On the first count he was
convicted and got five days in Jail; on
the second the complaint was dismissed.
In the same court the battery charge
against Captain G. r. Frair for bruising
up Grant Brong and knocking out four
teeth and discoforing an optic. was next
heard. The details of Captain Frairs
South Sea island colony scheme are al
ready known. and of how Brong went
to the captains house to resign from the
colony and get his money back. Instead
he got more than he bargained for:
causing the captains arrest the next
day. A full representation from the col
ony was present and watched the pro-
ceedings with interest.
Frair acted as his own counsel and
attempted to show that Brong hit him
first, when he grappled with him and
threw him against the fence. This must
have been how the aforesaid teeth were
Jared out, as Frair was positive he did
not hit Brong. Notwithstanding this
he was convicted and ordered to appear
for sentence today.
Carrie Grant was .arraigned for car
rying concealed weapons, and trial was
! set for the 11th. Carrie Is the girl who
threatened to cut a plumber named Mar
| shall Stetsman the other evening, be-
cause she claimed he had wronged her
A young negro named Henry Jackson
was acquitted of a petty larceny charge,
| having been accused of stealing watch
| from another lad. Jackson was loaned
the watch and claimed that he returned
it. but the other boy said not, hence the
complaint.
Pompey Smith, the well known char
acter. was convicted of disturbing the
peace on the night of the 9Th by his
drunken actions on First street. Pompey
had a razor on his person when arrest
ed, which was introduced in evidence
| against him. He has an unenviable
record as slasher with that keen weap-
on, and is a dangerous man when under
the influence of liquor. He will receive
sentence today.
Ella Loretti alias Ella Faruz, alias
Belle tinker, was fined SO, which was
paid on conviction of disturbing the
peace, the other night in her crib on
Alameda street.
Tong Chung, a lottery ticket seller,
was fined $40, paid up and departed.
For disturbing the peace Mike Mcpon-
aid was. convicted and sentenced to pay
| fine of $40 or like number of days in
Jail. He went below. A Frenchman
named John Payot was found guilty of
| violation of the health ordinance and
ordered to appear today for sentence
Fabiana Oropeza and Frank Salvish had
trial Of the charges against them of dis
turbing the peace continued until the
18th and 14th of this month, respective
ly. The felony charge against Gabriel
| Quijada was passed. to be reset.
| Before Justice Owens Lola Farnham
a dissolute girl of about II, appeared for
sentence on her plea of guilty to va
| grancy charge. 1t is said that Lola had
been associating with an elderly man
who runs harness cop. besides con-
sorting with number of young toughs
| After hearing some evidence she was
ordered sent back to Jail until Humane
Officer Clark could more fully investi-
| gate the matter.