The age-herald., 1899-12-30
POLICE COURT

Yesterday morning in the temple of justice before court was rapped to order, Lawyer Samuel L. Weaver stepped to the front and, with a smile on frig face, in an appropriate little speech presented Judge Feagin with handsome fountain pen, token of the high regard and esteem in which he is held by the attorneys who Sractice in his court.
 Judge Feasin, in receiving the token, was plainly affected, and responded in few well chosen words epropos to the oe- casion. When court was over Police Of- ficer John E. Burke walked up to the bench and presented the judge with aH- other emblem of his regard. a splendid sak walking cane, a gift as useful as it is serV- icablc. The judge heartily thanked the of- ficer showing by his manner that he ap- preciated the present.
 Very few cases were up for consideration by Hissonner yesterday morning, put the amount of fines imposed in several cases amply compensated for lack of numbers.
 D. D. Barren and James McDearman, efi- gagged in a battle royal, using natures own weapons, and therefore are in the posses sion of all of their members at the present speaking. This case was transferred to the justice court of l. H. Benners.
 Copper wire sells for 20 cents a pound, and is about good a thing to steal as one will find, only if caught and brought to Hissonner's court for trial, the punish ment is very severe. Oscar Calhoun IS now a firm believer in the truth Of the foregoing statement. He shouldered httJ pounds of the shiny commodity and tried to sell it and was caught. What happened to him yesterday is now common property.
 He was fined $100 with sentence of eighty days thrown in for laniappe.
 Eugene Frank also realized that the way
 of the petty thief Is hard. In fact, and 10
 be precise, his lot is very hard. No lndi- vdual within the city's gates is more thor
 oughly convinced of this fact than Is Flu
 gene Frank. In the case of petit larceny
 Eugene received adl there was in the shop
 the full limit-$10o fine anc six months In
 jail. But it did not stop here. Eugene carried a concealed weapon. For So doing he was assessed $50. Not having any mo ney, Eugene will doubtless work out his entire sentence only remaining ward of the city until April 3d. 1901.
 Peter Jackson, alias Pete. the Pete who has been longed for so long by the police was before the throne yesterday, shaking | in his boots, and well he might, for his pattern was already taken and he was marked man. Pete stole a suit of clothes, and moreover, unreasonably refused to come where he might be arrested. His soner was in mood for neavy sentences | and Pete could not see through the fog. l What he received will last him until an- other year-e1O0 and eighty days. Edward Wallace, the notorious old gray 1 haired chicken thief, who is now serving a l sentence in the city jail, has been accused 1 of the theft of some chickens that have l been stolen while he has been in jail and l is very indignant. He declares that his l case aptly illustrates the truth of the ocd l adage: Give dog a bad name and you l might as well hang him."
 l Will Wright, a negro arrested Thursday l for petit larceny and assigned to a place l on the street-sweeping brigade, and from l them turned over to the fire department, l has taken French leave of his well wishers. l It seems he was hauling sawdust for the | depa rtment and it was easy for him to es- l cape.