The San Francisco call., 1899-08-12
COURT NOTES.

OOOnI NV ISs
The application of NJ. PiXley OF san
lose for appointment as guardian ad
Item of Mrs. Mary Brunings, a sister of
the petitioner, who is now confined IN the
ASYLUM for the insane at Agnews, was
submitted for decision to Judges Danger
field and Cook yesterday afternoon Inc
aDplication for guardian is for the pur-
pose of carrying on litigation regarding
the moneys belonging to the lnSahe
woman. The application was contested py
NJ Wolf. guardian of the person anu csl
tate of the insane woman, on the Siouilu
that a guardian ad Htem was superhuous.
A claim for $500 attorney fees Will also
be decided by the court .- ,,,z
The Peninsula Lighting Company has
been Incorporated by j. L; - HOWARD; QiHeI a,td
John c Jones. The capital stock Is $2~;
900 of which $500 has been subscribed.
Samuel a. Wells, a soldier. charged with
having stolen considerable money from
Miles A. keenan,. was acquitted by jury
in Judge Dunnes court yesterday.
A lot on the corner Of Post ana STOCK
ton streets, a portion of the estate OF the
late DR.. James l.. Simpson, has been SoIu
to d. l.. Randolph, president OF the Gas
Consumers Association, for the sum OF
SCI 500 subject to an Increase or ~ per
cent and approval by the Probate Court.
Dora Dunn filed suit yesterday against
Charles Nathan and Joseph wilson to
recover S1O.Oo0 for personal 40 injuries.
Plaintiff alleges that on May % of this
ear the defendants dropped a board from
a building at 957 Folsom street which
struck her on the head, injuring her per
i''f4' Il. H. Lynch, n S. Farley. L; F; Gil
more, John NJ Wright and w. Z. Dargie
have Incorporated the Standard Oil Com
many of California. with a capital stock
Of 500 900, of which $500 has been SUB
scribed.
sentenced to ten days in the County Jail
by Acting Police Judge kerrigan; He at
tempted to choke Rose Samuels Thursday
night IN her room on Bacon place out
as there were mitigating circumstances
the Judge inflicted a light penalty.
Mrs Anna L. Danforth, 53S Ellis streeE,
swore TO a complaint in Judge Mogan
court yesterday for the arrest or Ruoy
RAYMOND known as the queen OF the
Tenderloin of San Jose on the charge
of taking her daughter Cora Matheia,
a girl of Is years of age. TO san Jose TOT
immoral purposes. Judge Mogan hXed
her bonds at $4,000. Another warrant Will
be sworn out against her to-day ~
Oscar F. WetZwagger and Jennie tltz-
simmons appeared before Judge Mogan
yesterday on a charge of disturbing the
ueaCe they live at 65412 NatOma street,
and Thursday night during reception
al the house they quarreled and thre w
cups and saucers at each other. Jennie
showed the Judge her engagement ring,
telling him that she and Oscar We're to
be married within a month. oscar con-
firmed Jennie's statement, and the Judge
continued the case for thirty days, re-
leasing them on their own recogniZance.
David Walk of Akron. Ohio, was houl-
ishing revolver on Kearny street Thurs
day night, when he was arrested for car
rying a concealed weapon. He told Judge
Mogan yesterday that he thought ne was
in the wild and woolly West but mad
found his mistake. and the Judge allowed
NJ. NJ Foote of the Vigilance League
secured warrants in the POLICE C5iGdts Courts
women for keeping houses of ill-fame.
The intention of the league is TO close
y Five We newsboys. Ernest Monterichard,
Eddie Gregg James Wilson, John r.
Weldon and Willie Patterson, appeared
before Judge Mogan Yesterday on a
charge of disturbing the peace. The boys
gathered at Third and Mission streets
and amused themselves by fighting duels
with laths. They were arrested Thurs.
day night by Policemen McEntee and
Naylor. The Judge reprimanded the boys
and dismissed the cases.
May Ward was accused in Acting Po-
lice Judge Kerrigan,s court Yesterday on
the charge of grand larceny for stealing
S from Mike Lester. night clerk III the
Cotton House 220 Third street, early yes
terday morning. The case was continued
0.JCf John Howard, the old man who stole a
child from its mother at Third and Mar
ket streets Monday and assaulted Theo-
dOre Kytka the handwriting expert. was
Yesterday convicted by Judge Mogan on
the charges of battery and using vulgar
language ana was OTheItb " dppCdI lOt
sentence this morning. He is a gardener
in Oakland.
Fred Miller was arrested early yester--
dav morning for stealing the carcass of
a sheep which was hanging on a hook
outside the butcher shop of John Stultz,
CLAW and Montgomery streets. He was
putting II In q sack when arrested. He
told Judge Graham yesterday that his
wife and children were starving and that
was why he committed the theft. It was
shown that Miller was a confirmed thief
and the Judge gave him three months In
the County Jail
James Morgan. young man who pro-
fessed to Judge Mogan Yesterday that he
was a stranger in San Francisco but was
proven to be an accomplice of 'Deafy
Norris and kid Young and other pick
pockets, was yesterday held to answer be-
fore the Superior Court on n charge Of
attempt at grand larceny in $4,000 bonds.
He ATTEMPTED to steal a purse from Mrs.
Mary Lofmann.
John Flynn, a lOusshoreman living at
125 Green street, swore to a complaint In
arrest of Andrew Demartini. another
longshoreman. on the charge Of battery.
They met on Pacific and Sansome streets
Thursday night. and without any provo
cation Demartfni knocked Flynn down
and kicked him in the face.
The case of the officers of the Twinkling
Star Improvement Company, charged
with maintaining public nuisance in the
shape Of the Hotel Nymphia was called
in Judge Graham's court Yesterday At
torney Dunno for the defendants argued
a demurrer to the complaint which the
Judge overruled, and the case was set