The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-27
OLD CORN LIQUOR
CAUSE OF It ALL
Many Offenders in the City
Courts
All mr. TulRH lMEPE TIpCN
ALL OF TIKI M WERE TIpSY
THE MAYOR HAD 4 VERY LARGE
DOCK EFT.
THREE DEFENDANTS SENT TO THE ROADS
Fights and Drunken Rows Were the 0fenseS
With Which Nest Of Them Stood
Charged. All of Them Had
Some Excuser.


Some Excuser.
The aftermath of Christmas was
found in the courts yesterday.
OF course the law, like individuals,
looks with much leniency on the conduct
of mankind on this great holiday, bul
some offences cannot be excused even on
Christmas Day.
And such as these were caught up in
police and constable net, and were yes
terday arraigned before some magistrate
or before the mayor to answer for the
laws infraction. The mayors court was
especially busy, and during the day dis
posed of the following cases:
Pink Love (col), was sent to the roads
for 30 DAYS for an assault on Newman
Hatch, young white man, in front of
Smiths bar 1t began in quarrel be-
tween Hatch and a negro Dan Brown.
This Pink Love took up, and finally
he struck Hatch with a light broom
stick. He claimed that Hatch drew
a knife on him, but this was not cor
roborated by the witnesses to the af-
fair.
Old corn liquor was the cause Of it
ALL
John Duffy (white), was sent to the
roads for ten days. John is young man
who has given the police considerable
trouble lately with his wild western
ways He got drunk Christmas morn
ing and cleaned out Denton's bar on
Blount street. He appeared before the
MAYOR with a black eye and received ten
days as his reward.
Old corn liquor was the cause of it
all.
John Washington (col), and Joe Bailey
(white) had a fight in Bailey's bar.
Washington was drunk and behaving
badly, when Bailey reproved him. There
upon Washington cursed Bailey ana
was knocked down. The mayor held
that the provocation was such as to
Justify Bailey in striking the negro
Washington was fined S6.25.
And old corn liquor was. the cause Of
it all.
Moses Griffin (white) got into the mid
die of the street III front Of Griftis' bar
and challenged crowd on the side
s walk to come out and fight him. He was
arrested and locked up for the night.
When brought before the mayor yester-
day morning he was extremely repen-
tant and full of excuses.
1t was his firqt offense, he said; he was
just having a little fun with a friend
from the country, he didn't know what
he was doing, he would never do so any
more, his child was sick and he ought 10
have spent the night at home instead OF
the guard house. SO the mayor fined
him only 1926.
And old corn liquor was the cause OF
it all.
Fl. NJ Olive (white), James Broadly
(col.). and Louis Mcintyre (col.), Were
charged with an ARRAY. Olive is
young Write man. Broadly is an old gray
headed negro: and Mcintyre is a copper
colored negro with jet black hair and
red mustache. The evidence as to the
circumstances that led up to the row
was conflicting, but OF this there was no
dispute: That Olive struck Mcintyre
in the face and when Broadly attempted
the blessed Fart of peacemaker Olive
hit him on the head with rock. For
this use of deadly weapon Olive was
bound over to court in $50 bond.
And old corn liquor was the cause Of
it all.
p. L. Fowler (white) and Ransom
Porcher (col), who drove over two white
men in the street Saturday were before
the mayor on two charges: Drunk and
dis0rderly and fast driving. For the first
named offense both Fowler and Porchel
had to pay $4.25 each. For fast driving
Fowler was fined 1925.
And old corn liquor was the cause OF
it all.
Lille Pratt, well known Bowery
character, tanked up and gave Georgi-
ana Wright, notorious negro woman
who lives in the gas house district, a
piece of her mind. Thereupon Goer-
giana went before the mayor and pre-
ferred charges against Lille, and it took
S725 fine and a lawyers fee for Lille
to extricate herself from the trouble.
And old corn liquor was the cause of
it all.
-Four negro boys-Henry Price Ebert
Jones, Poe Harris and Dick Kidder-
threw rocks against Henry Biggs' house
They did more; they jeered at Henry and
dared him to come out For this Henry
Price, the oldest one Of the crowd, and
the fellow who did all the talking and
most Of the rock. throwing was given
twenty days ON the roads The other
boys were dismissed on account of their
age. with a warning that next time they
would not so lightly escape.
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