The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-28
SIXTY-EIGHT CASES TRIED.
Recorder Hartridge Disposed of the
Largest Police Docket in Years.

Recorder Hnrtridge Disposed of the
Largest Police Docket in Years.
The largest number of cases in police
court for some years was tried by Record
er Hartride yesterday. There was an un-
usually large crowd on the pavement fac
ing the barracks, unable to gain entrance
to the court room.
Sixty-eight cases were tried from $50
o'clock to o'clock without deviating from
the steady grind.
1t would probably have taken an mex
perienced judge the entire day to have
gone over the docket, which consisted of
Offenders having voluminous excuses and
explanations to offer. Recorder Hartridge.
however, possessed the tact of discerning
the point of a case on trial and dispens-
ing with all unnecessary harangue. The
accused were given ample opportunity to
testify in their behalf, but were silenced
from repetitions and talk foreign to the
charge. There was a good deal of COM
ment concerning the expeditions manner
in which the recorder completed the work.
There was one class charged with firing
pistols promiscuously in the streets. A
fine of $25 or thirty days was imposed on
all found guilty of this offense, the court
giving strong emphasis to it's disapproVal
of such a practice. Aside from the fact
that the peace of a community is frequent
ly broken by the discharge of pistols, there
is great danger to life from stray shots
and especially in the more thickly inhab-
tied sections. No trouble has been recently
had by the police on this account but Re-
corder Hartridge evidently intends plac-
ing the fine high enough to forcibly inn
press the violators. Following are the
cases tried:
John Ritter. (c) drunk. 10 days. bar
(alH
jail; Dan Pinckney (c), shooting fire
crackers, days, jail; Angie Brown and
Matte Clemmons, (c), disorderly, days,
JAIL John Lubbock and c. d. Myers, dis
orderly, 10 days; Walter Warner, same,
discharged; Darsey Rapley, (c), drunk and
breaking down door. IS days; Annie Wiki
inson and Rebecca Haywood (c), fighting,
10 days; jeff Waters, (c), shooting fire
crackers, Is days; Josephine Law, (c),
shooting crackers, 10 days; Maggie Wald-
burg (c), drunk, discharged; Charity
Gibbs, Eva Gallie, Rachel Graham and
Scylla Robinson, (c), assault with intent
to murder, superior court Jail; William
King, (c), fighting, discharged Walter
Wick, (c) same, Is days. ]. R. McFeeley,
drunk, 20 days; r. Simmons, (c), assault,
3 days; Merry Walter, Sam Hale, Neatly
Middleton and Elsey Mills, (c), disorderly,
discharged; Simon Mitchell and Jessie
Lufburrow, (c) fighting 10 days; L. Nc
Screven (c) drunk. discharged; j. II.
Lane, (c), carrying weapons, city court;
Violet Dixon, (c), accessory to assault,
continued; Walter Warner and T. NJ. Nor
gan, disorderly and assault 10 days; E. c.
Cuthbert, discharged; Alfred Patten, (c),
firing pistol, 30 days; Julia Clark, (c),
fighting, 80 days; Julia Francis, (c), drunk,
3 days; Adde Holmes, (c), same forfeit
ture; Andrew Gordon, (c), assault, Is days;
Hester Mitchell (c) and Watson Cohen,
disorderly, 10 days; p. K Vanbrackel and
George Kareda, shooting crackers, 10 days;
Frank Hopkins and Will Stidwell (c),
same days; Solomons Jenkins, (c), draw
ing razor. 10 days; Julia Jenkins, (c), dis
orderly, S days; Walter Hendrickson, (c),
drunk, 10 days; M. B. Roos, drunk dis
charged; Estella Jackson and Lillian Boz
gan, (c), drunk 10 days; John Smith,
drunk and resisting, 30 days; James Hun
ter, drunk 10 days; John Roberts, (c),
assault, discharged; Mike Nolan assault,
continued; Maria Wright, (c), disorderly
5 days; Walter Davis, (c) firing pistol 80
days; James Joyce and Allen Brooks (c),
interfering with officer, 80 days; Tom Will
liams, (c), larceny, discharged; John John
son, (c), larceny, city court; Belle Turner
(c), drunk, 80 days; Patrick Daley drunk
10 days; Nick Hangicos, drunk, Is days;
John Kelly and John Thompson, fighting
on a vessel, 10 days.
Much assistance was given the recorder
in disposing of the big docket, by Assis-
tant Chief of Police Reilly, who saw to IL
that the prisoners were promptly arraign-
ed. There were large squads sent to both
jail and the chain-gang.