The evening times., 1899-06-05
Munyon's Doctors Are Free
POLICE COURT OFFENDERS.
Numerous Cases Disposed of by
Judge Scott.

Numerous Cases Disposed of by
Judge Scott.
A large number OF prisoners confronted
Judge Scott when he opened the police
court this morning. James Thomas was
charged with assaulting his wife. Mamie
Thomas. The defendant claimed he was
sixty days to sober up.
John McCustal flourished n pistol in the
street Saturday, and was arrested. hne
Of $50 was imposed with the alternative of
spending ninety days in jail.
Samuel Carter, colored. so years OF age.
was charged with asaulting James Day.
also colored. Day rents nalf of Carters
house. and the men became engaged in an
alteration regarding the right of Days
yard Carter built a wire fence dividing
the lawn in half. and warned Day not to
allow his children on the Carter side & the
fence. Yesterday morning one Of the Day
children jumped the fencf. and commenced
to trample Carter's grass. and the latter
told the child to get Oh. and the father
resented this treatment. Day struck Car
ter. and Carter picked up stick Of wood
and hit Day. The latter secured war
rant and had Carter arrested. Judge Scott
told Day to keep his children on his side
OF the fence, and imposed fine IT s..
which was paid.
"Tody" Banks. the local colored pugilist,
and Charles Clutch, who conducts poo.-
room in the northeast, had fight over
% cents. Banks was the aggressor. the
judge thought, and fine of IS was i'm
posed.
Richard Knott and Richard Umberry
were charged with a violation of the fish
and game laws by Policeman Puston. The
latter said he saw the two men with
net dipping for fish. Both of the men prov
ed to be industrious, and they told the
court that they had a hard time to make
both ends meet at home. and they were
trying to secure fish for their families
breakfast. The penalty provided for in
the fish and game regulations is fine OF
not less than $40 nor more than 500, OR
Imprisonment for not more than six
months. The judge said that If one man
fshed all would want to fish. There cou.d
be hundreds of men brought into court
who would offer the same excuse for fish,
ing. Those men did not catch any fi:h.
but the offence was committed just the
same.
Judge Scott did not care to impose the
penalty on the prisoners. as he was con-
vinced by their manner that they were hon
est and would not have knowingly vio-
lated the law. The law admitted no ex-
ceptions. however. and a fine of $40 was
imposed. Owing to the extreme latitude
allowed the judge. the term Of imprison-
ment was fixed at twenty-four hours.
James Richardson was charged with as
saultirg Cecilia Mason, both colored.
Richardson's wife rents room from Mrs.
Mason. and Saturday night when Mason
visited his wife he and Mrs. Mason became
engaged in a quarrel, which ended in
fight. Richardson struck Mrs. Mason
across the face with a stick. and the lat
ter secured warrant for the mans arrest.
Judge Scott imposed fine of $40. with the
alternative Of spending sixty days in jail.
Samuel Chase, a small colored boy. was
charged with stealing brass spigot. The
boy said the spigot was given to him by
an Italian boy, and he tried to sell il. when
he was arrested. Judge Scott delivered
severe lecture to the boy. and advised his
mother, who was in court. to take him
home and give him a good thrashing.