The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-06-23
IN THE COURTS YESTERDAY
IT COSTS TO BE DRUNK OFTEN
 MANY CASES CONTINUED.

The Italian Editors Again in Court-A
 Variety of Hot Weather Assault and
 Breach of the Peace Cases-Young Rat
 ner's Sad Case-Will of the Late Stella F.
 Barnes.
 John J. Cummings was before the city court yesterday morning, charged with being drunk This was the third offense of this character that Cum mings had committed within month. On May 23 he was before the court and his case was continued on promise of his good behavior. The judges confi- dence was misplaced and yesterday when Cummings came before Judge Dow fine of s10 for the first, Slt for the second and SIP for the third offense was imposed He went to jail in de- fault of payment.
 The case of James Mcdonald for breach of the peace and that of James Sullivan for vagrancy were continued till to-day.
 John H. Pierce and Ambrose Beck were before the court for mutual breach of the peace. The fracas took place in Jim Corbett's" saloon last Saturday. Beck was fined s5. As it was Pierce's first offense he got off with s4
 Patrick Mahoney was arraigned for the theft of a pair of shoes from John Wrinn in a Fair street lodging house. The case was continued until Thursday morning.
 George Brum, charged with general breach of the peace on a reform school complaint, will be tried in the city court this morning.
 Dominica Perfetto, charged with breach of the peace upon Dominica Fo- To, was before the court with his wife, who also had part in the melee. Per fetto keeps a boarding house on Rail- road avenue for his fellow cOuntrymen. Judgment was suspended, as it was inn possible to ascertain from the tangled stories who the real culprit was.
 Francis S. Savarese and Pericles Cal ga, two of the owners of the Italian newspaper Pro Patria, were again ar rested Sunday on complaint of Paul Russo, proprietor of the rival Italian paper. La Stella Italia, on the charge, of statutory libel The same parties, with Salvatore Maresca, were tried on a similar charge in the city court Sat urday, and after long hearing the cases were continued until Thursday, June 25. The new complaint was set down for trial in the city court yester- day morning, but without going into evidence it was continued also to Thursday. The defendants will be tried that day on three separate charges of statutory libel-one for an alleged libel printed in April another in May, and the last, for which the two were Sun day arrested, printed last week
 Patrolmen Streit and J. T. McGrath of the Howard avenue station made descent upon James Reynolds saloon at 217 Congress avenue Sunday after noon and found seven men upstairs, before whom was spread liquor of va rjous kinds and degrees of proof There was a keg of beer on tap, whiskey and chasers.
 Yesterday morning he appeared in the city court to answer to the charge of violating the Sunday liquor law, but his case was continued until to-day.
 William Gay, the proprietor of the Majestic hotel, who was arrested Sat urday evening for keeping his buffet open after F o'clock, had his case and that of his bartender, Frank A. White, for the same offense, continued until June 25 .. -...
 The case against Charles Rather for keeping a fireworks store contrary to a city ordinance was nolled, and that of Louis Benman for the same offense was continued for @ week.