The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-04
THE CITY COURTS LIVELY DAY.
MARY DAVIS USED UNCOURTLY LAM
GUAGE TO THE COURT.

She Was Sentenced to Pay S25
serve Twelve Months In Each OF
Four Cases-The Court ShockeJby
Her Language-J. A. Dorsey gwen
Three Years on Three Charts of
Cheating and Swindling : Tom
Rowland, the Escaped onvict,
Given an Extra Twelve Mnths to
Serve.
Judge Thomas NJ. Norwood ha5a very OBJ
streperous prisoner before hi yesterday
in the person of Mary Davis, Eainst whom
there were four separate accusations
charging her with assault md battery.
The woman was chargedwith assaulting
three ladies on CASTOR street. few days
ago. The woman actl somewhat like a
lunatic and had to beilandcuffed in being
taken from the jail to the city court room.
She pleaded not guilty to the charges
against her. but it was only necessary to
examine one or two q the witnesses to de-
termine the facts il the case. Through
out the trial it was hard matter to keep
her quiet. She void continually fire re-
marks at the witnesses as we'll as the court,
and did not hesitate to call the witnesses
prevaricators in thi strongest language.
She RECALLED the purt with quite a ha-
rangue at the CONFUSION of which Judge
Norwood pronounced sentence. There
were four charges against her.
IN fine you $25 md costs in each case"
Judge Norwood sid, when the woman
stopped him.
TN pay you your $25 and COSTS" she
said, eff you'll dve me back my things
you took from ms" She was referring to
the articles that had been taken from her
a the barracks when She was arrested.
This somewhat shocked the court, and he
told the woman to shut up, while he went
on to say that In lieu of the payment of
$25 and costs in each case she might serve
twelve months on the chain-gang, in all
total of four years.
YES and you ought to sbend twelve
months in -" she said with a sort of
an explosion naming place that is
little warmer than the chain-gang even
in summer time.
Judge Norwood was quite shocked for the
moment. Those in the court room thought
she would receive an additional sentence
for contempt Of court, but Judge Norwood
simply ordered her handcuffed and taken
to the Jail, which was done. The woman S
remark created considerable commotion in
the gallery, which was ordered cleared.
Judge Norwood remarked that something
should be done looking toward having the
woman committed for luuacy. 1t appears
that his suggestion was acted upon. as
warrant charging her with lunacy was
sworn out before the ordinary shortly af-
forwards and she was committed to Jail
1t as probable that she will be tried by
the n favrr
days.
Another Interesting case disposed of was
that of j. A, alias Antony Dorsey. against
whom there were three accusations on the
charge of cheating and swindhng. Dorsey
was charged with fraudulently obtaining
81 from Hattie Dorsey by telling her her
son was in jail and that he would get him
out. He was also charged with fraudu-
Iently obtaining a bicycle from Charles
Blaekshear and a suit of clothes from
Willie Frierson. He was sentenced to pay
a fine of $25 and costs or spend twelve
months on the chain-gang in each case.
lie went to the chain-gang. There is also
charge of fraudulently personatlng an
officer of the United States government
pending against him in the United States
court.
Tom Rowland, the convict who escaped
from the Chatham county gang, and
who was brought back to Savannah from
II.
was sentenced to serve an additional
twelve months on the gang. He was sent
up for twelve months by Judge Norwood
last January, and escaped the day after
he was put to work. An extra guard will
be put over him, and ne will not get away
so easily a second time.
Richard Langley was sentenced to nav
a fine of $25 or serve twelve months on
the chaingang for stealing Is cents worth
of sugar cane.
II. Fountain was sentenced to paw a
fine of $20 or serve twelve months on the
chain-gang for the simple larceny of one
hat.
A physician called at the police bar
racks during the day for the purpose OF
ascertaining if the police believed the
Davis woman, who created such havoc
on CASTOR street, was insane. Nothing
was learned further than that the woman
showed no signs of insanity at the bar
racks. She talked nationally, and the ply
stefan who talked with her said if she
was unbalanced he failed to detect it.
Parties acquainted with her say that she
had seemed demented at times, but not
violently. The question comes up by rea-
son of the fact that the chain-gang SEN
tence of the city court is to be suspended,
in case she is shown to be crazy.
The ladies attacked have recovered, with
the exception of the elder one, who was
bruised about the face.