Birmingham state herald., 1896-01-16
COURT FLOTSAM AND JETSAM.
Some of the Scenes and Characters Of Judge
 feagins Court.

So"iC oi t''o OStdeo dHu NEAdClefS or Ju11e
 feagins Court
 Judge Feagin had no important cases to deal with yesterday. yet his court can well be styled court of character where life is defined as it really Is, and never a day passes but that many faterestng features crop out in the trial of some wayward and unfortunate traveller as he stumbles blindly along this mundane sphere, little caring or little knowing what he does, where he is going or what becomes of him.
 Among the minor cases tried yesterday the following are notable:
 Pink Aiken colored, was arraigned on the charge of vagrancy. Pink is mem- Der of popular string band and it seems was In the habit of leaving his instru- ment at certain bar where 1t required so much of his time to keep up with 1t that the officers were unable to place enough of spare time to his credit to make living. Pink had little trouble in establishing the fact by several mem- bers of his band that his cornet and "vio-l-e-e-n" brought him in a net profit of from $5 to $10 per week, and that so- ciety would be compelled to go into the hands of a receiver without his music. His honor could not see his way clear, under all the evidence, to let Pink go scot free and assessed him with a small fine of $10 to impress the fact that a man d ble to the eye of an alert Birmingham policeman to live In this country.
 George Temple, happy character from the Fatherland,and who doubtless knows more of the world than novelist will ever write, was up on the charge of dis orderly conduct. He secured a room for the night at the boarding house of Mrs. Powell and after settling for same a mo- ton struck him that he would like other quarters and demanded that his money be refunded. When it was refused he decided to take satisfaction out of the husband of the landlady and a fight en- sued and an officer was called in and hur- ried him off to even less congenial quar- ters, where a bunk and hot breakfast were given him for the sum of $1 and costs. !
 s. Strickland and Tom White, one claiming his home in Indiana and the oth- CT in Virginia, made bed of the boilers at the Sloss furnace, and warmed their fet at the gentle heat from the coke ovens without the consent of the landlord. They were each fined $5.
 Oscar White was up on the charge of assault and battery in three cases. Os- car is puglist after the order of John L. Sullivan when he gets started. The only difference is John arranges dates be- fore fighting and Oscar arranges them afterwards. He came out in his fighting clothes the other day, and before MT. J. B. Sewell MT. Kennedy and another gen tleman could deny their claims as adopts in the ring he had done them all up in one round. He pleaded guilty to the charges, stating that he was glad none of the gen. tlemen were seriously hurt, and was fined $5 in each case.
 The most comical character Judge Fea- gin has had to deal with in some time was a young man who gave his name as John White, and who did not know where he was from nor where he was going. He wore a coat made of bed quilt of the Prince Albert style and with the era zy quilt variations. He looked as though he was crazy, and he acted like the tramp when he tries to work a dodge on the city's chief executive officer. He was pulled off from the boilers at the Sloss furnace and charged with trespassing. Not being thoroughly satisfied whether the prisoner was crazy or 'possuming, his honor tied him up on fine of g., pending further investigation.