The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-20
TO ANSWER MANY CHARGES.
All Sorts of Cases Before the Re-
corder To-day.

corder To-day.
A long roll of offenders against city
/ ordinances and state laws will be spread
before the recorder, when he opens court
this morning.
Charlie Baker will appear as a suspi-
cious character, as will also William
Jones, white, and Eugene Jefferson.
Clara Walker, Mamie Lawrence and Mary
Hinton win answer for having Ioosened
their tongues and INDUCED in profanity
on the streets.
Annie Stewart is charged with highway
robbery, Essie Cuthbert with larceny,
George Cooley, white, with obtaining mon
ey under false pretences, John Walker
with creating excitement in the street,
and William Proctor with the larceny of
clothing.
The information docket will also furnish
long list of names, among which viola
tors Of the Guckenheimer ordinance on
street traffic are not lacking. The officers
are wide awake in their efforts to detect
violations of this ordinance and in
fractions of the rules of the road are
promptly docketed. All an officer needs is
to see one whom he knows turn to the left
around a park and continue all the way
around the left side, thus indicating that
he had no destination on that side of the
park In mind, and he is put on the in
formation docket. Or let one be seen
driving or riding on the left side of the
street or scorching, and down goes his
name
The officers are not disposed to be over
exacting in the matter of slow speed in
wheelmen. They win not expect the rid
ers to adhere to the siX-mile an hour rule,
but anything like scorching will have the
rider INDUCING in it in trouble in short
order
The recorders court yesterday morning
had big array of cases to dispose Of
Offenders had been gathering in profusion
by the police service Saturday.
Sam Ferrebee appeared first for being
drunk and disorderly His case was con-
tinued. Nellie Genross and Jennie Cen
ross were fined s. or five days. Willie Ash
was discharged, the larceny complaint
against him not being substantiated. Jo-
seph Dean, young darby, was turned
| over to maternal correction for throwing
| rocks in the street.
Charley Carter, an East Indian who has
| before been in trouble, was turned over
to the city court for stealing fork Will
| liam Martin was sentenced to pay 50 or
lHSeF HNe Gays Tor rldlnS bicycle With
| out light, and Thomas Hines, white,
was sent TO jail for ten days for drunken
ness. William Watts, for assaultlng and
striking Julia Porter was fined So or ten
| days. L. r. Davis, white, on a charge of
| drunkenness, was fined SO or five days,
and E. B. Fakes, white, on the same
charge, IS or ten days Joe Will
| liams was turned over to the
| city court on two charges, one
of carrying concealed weapons, and the
other of pointing pistol at and attempt
! ing to shoot another negro. Annie Hill
and Moses Jackson, for fighting, were dis
charged and fined s. or ten days respec-
| lively.
Charles Ballard was sentenced to pay
| 81 for riding to the left on bicycle around
Madison square, and colliding with an
| other rider. Charles Palmer was fined $40
or twenty days for assaulting and beating
| Isabella Screven, and Mamie Cummings
was fined 81 for plucking plants in Colo
| NAL park. Alice Trennel, alias Trennel
| Alice, was turned over TO the city court
| for larceny and the session was closed by
| the recorder filming G. G. Tuten and w. B.
! Tuten, white, 50 or five days for fighting.