The herald., 1896-07-19
POLICE COURTS KEPT BUSY
An Unusual Number OF Thieves OF All
Descriptions
Arraignments and Trials Of q Variety Of
Criminals for Of.nses Ranging From
Street Walking to Forgery

| Justice Owens had his hands full yes
terday and his dock was crowded dur
| ing the afternoon session Of court with
as choice an aggregation of embezzlers,
forgers, petty thieves and minor Grim
inals us could be rounded up in this or
| any other city. Very few cases were dis
posed OF, however. majority OF prison
ers being up merely for arragnment
and to have date OF trial set
| VIII F. Tobin. the young grocery clerk
brought back from San Diego by De-
tectlve Steele to answer to charge of
cinbezzling s5S.15 from his employers,
was arraigned, pleaded not guilty and
had examination set for July %, next
| Wednesday.
| On grand larceny charge George w.
Dennis, coachman, was arraigned and
mad date for examination fixed for next
| Wednesday. Dennis Is accused of rob-
Ding a drunken passenger of s22.
tuesday next July Il, l.. Kretzcr will
appear in court and date for his trial will
| be set on that day. kretzer Is alleged to
| have embezzled clock valued at S. from
the American Wringer company, for
whom he was acting as agent. In his
| own defense kretZer claims that he was
| owed IS by the firm as commissions; he
sold the clock and told the manager.
! MIR. Turner. that he had kept the money
as payment Of what was due him. Kret-
| Zer is out on bond pending his trial
On charge of petty larceny John ].
O'Neil was tried and his case taken un-
der advisement by the justice. O'Neil
legged theft of salt sfiiHit;ff' RON a res
taurant at the corner of First and San
| Pedro streets. The articl. was found on
MS person when searched at the station.
; To the charge of stealing an ak from
l.. NJ. Davenport William Phelan plead
! ed guilty and the justice set sentence for
| Monday. Ilfredo Gallardo was ar
rafsned on petty larceny charge, being
| alleged to have stolen one pair of lines
and two brides, the property Of Eugenio
Gallardo. He pleaded not guilty and
July 23 was set for trial
young Mexican named Guillermo
Gotta was accused by Officer Dixon of
| having made way with twelve cans of
baking powder and twenty-five pack
ages OF coffee. the property of Louis Es-
caller, pleaded not guilty and had trial
set for Monday.
George Vacher and Henry Schneider,
dog catchers. were arraigned on petty
larceny charge, for taking r. ]. Mont
gomery's dog off in their wagon when the
animal was properly provided with
license tag. Trial of the case was set
for july % and the defendants released
on their own recognizance.
VIII Ruess and Harry Hough had been
arrested on n warrant sworn out by f.
r. Cammert of S46 San Julian street al
leSing that OH Friday they had commit
ted battery upon his person. Each one
pleaded not guilty and. demanded a jury
trial which was set for July 81.
The battery complaint against Earl
Myers, accused by a colored cook named
w. Fl. Jukes of beating him up in a fight
was heard and at the conclusion of the
evidence was taken under advisement.
On motion of the district attorney the
charge aginst Edgar Willis, of maltreat-
ing cat was dismissed and the defend
ant discharged. j. Is. Guerrero, who was
accused of misdemeanor for interfering
with the dog catcher. had trial of his
case set for July Esd. The moss covered
battery case against j: b. Rogers. who
was arrested on April 7th, was resusci-
tated but to no avail, it once more being
continued until July 23d.
Monday was fixed as the date for the
arraignment OF John J. Moonan arrested
On Twenty-seventh street Friday night
for disturbing the peace BY a typo
graphical error in the report of his ar
rest in Saturdays issue, the name was
made Noonan. There is a John Noonan
living in that vicinity, but he is not to
be confounded with the prisoner.
r. E. Atkinson and Henry Reid. pro-
prletOrS or the saloon or restaurant at
lie Commercial street, were yesterday
arrested on warrants alleging violation
of the city ordinance by selling liquor
without license. They appeared in
court. but the case went over until Mon.
day for arraignment and for pleading.
Frank Wood, arrested May 10Th, for sell
ing liquor on Sunday, had the charge
against him dismissed and was dis
charged.
fral Mexican damsel named Ro-
senta Valencia, was tried on va
erancy charge, but the court held the
evidence not sufficient and discharged
her. Ella Surretta will be tried for So
Letting on the 2Sth.
Frank G. Allen, arrested for keepin;r
an opium joint. answered to vagrancy
complaint, trial on which was set down
for July 23d. Camille Falee, captured in
the joint hitting the pipe, failed to an
swer when her name was called and her
$40 was declared forfeited