The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-23
TWO YEARS FOR REPENTANCE.
AunEin Heavily Punished for Re-
sisting an officer and Profanity.

Judge Norwood held the weekly City
Court criminal session yesterday for the
disposition OF erminaI business. During
the week the Recorder end The various
magistrates had turned over TO The City
Court large number Of petty offenders
and to these justice. tempered with mercy.
vas literally dispensed
Chief among these yi0latOrs OF the laws
Of the state was William Aungin, better
known as One-eyed Mungin. against
whom a long score Of offenses. of which
he has been guilty at various times and
that were Wei known 10 the court. did not
serve 10 lessen his sentence. IN the long
ago Aungin was ARA gned before Judge
Harden, then presiding in the tribunal
where Judge Norwood now sits. and sem
fenced for some petty misdemeanor 10 a
term on the chein-gang. Instead OF re-
ceiying his sentence in good part. Mungin
tur9ed in and swore violently and vicious
" at the court and its officers, and be-
sought them all 20 seek some other local
Ny, where the temperature rises TO even
greater nights than il is guilty OF on a
July day in Savannah. For this he re-
ceived~n additional sentence.
Nor was this the only crime of which
the officers OF the court knew the defend
ant guilty. He has been for years a thorn
In The side Of every constable, magistrate
and police officer in the town. whom he
has consistently annoyed with the pranks
he has played. The laws and their sworn
enforcers ne has set at defiance. Scarce
ly a month passed. bu- for one crime or
another he was arraigned before some
tribunal of justice. and n has often hap
pened that through nook or through crook
he has managed TO escape punishment,
even though everybody was morally GER
tain that he was guilty as alleged.
The offenses with which Mungih was
charged are familiar TO the readers Of the
Morning News. a few days ago he was
arrested by Officer Constantine. of Nagis-
tTate Jones' court and when brought to
the office Of The justice, persisted in as
sertng an alleged right to be set al lib
erty. and to consult his own sweet viii
about returning. Oficer Constantine had
an exciting contest with Mungin before he
could induce him 10 submit TO arrest. Aft
er this difficult feat had been accomplish
ed and while the officer aud his prisoner
were on the way to the jail, Mungin hor-
rihed everyone in the cor By the force and
eloquence Of his profanity. and made it
necessary for several Of the gentler sex to
leave 1t.
on all of these charges he was arralguej
before Judge Norwood and his punishment
bore strict relation to the offenses of
which ne was guilty. He was sentenced
by the court TO twelve months on the
chaiu-gaug for resisting al officer and 20
an additional twelve months for his con-
duct on the street car. in the presence OF
women. The fines thar were the altsrna-
tive punishments. with the costs in each
caa- were away ana beyond Mnsin's
ability 10 pay and his terms on the gang
viii nave to he served. II is barely posi-
bic that by the time he is released ne VII
have been taught something Of the respect
that is due and ought TO be paid TO officers
Of the law and have learned 10 curb he
tongue that has already got him into so
many scrlpes.
Among the other sentences imposed by
Judge Norwood were Richard Jenkins, y
months for the larceny OF q suit of
clothes; William Brewer. 3 months, for
cheating and sWindling; Henry Rivers and
Andrew Miller, y months each for The lar
ceny of copper wire; Martha Gethers. y
months, for purloinng a shirt. and Frank
Miller, 3 months, for stealing a ride on
a passenger train Of one Of the roads en-
tering Savannah. A large number of
other minor criminals received sentences
ranging from three months TO a year and
a few of the defendants were discharged.