The age-herald., 1899-01-29
POLICE COURT


 William Jones, a negro who picks the guitar in one of the colored bands of the city. was on trial yesterday morning for yagrancy; habitually loafing around the bar rooms at night, etc. His defense was that the band had it's headquarters around the Third avenue saloons, and that the yhad to wait there until late at night to get en- agreements. The young men of the city often come for them after midnight to go serenading. he said.
 Because a man has his headquarters around a barroom," argued MT. Bullock, the defendants attorney, lis no sign that he is a vagrant. When the new dispensary bill goes into effect of course, these men will have to move their headquarters. In fact, they will then be run out of their bus mess just as so many of the rest of us will" he added feelingly. "We'll all be vagrants then"
 'I can't agree with you, Mr. Bullock" said Judge Feagin, flor even If these men do play around the barrooms. when they finish they must go home and not hang around these disreputable places all night. I believe that nearly every bit of the crime committed in this city is matched up in these barrooms, and shall be obliged to the off, fcers If they will assist me in stopping men from loafing in them habitually and at times when they should be at home" Jones was fined $15, from which decision his attorney took an appeal.
 Another vagrancy Case
 Jim Hood. colored, was also up for va grancy, and MT. McCrossin, his attorney, handled the defense on another tack.
 You charge this man with being on the rtreets and in barrooms at unreasonable hours of the night" he said to Officer Ha- good. Now for 9 citizen of this mans sze, age and beauty, what do you consider s.n unreasonable hour? Surely not before midnight"
 \ OFFICER HAYGOOD DIDN'T KNOW. Jim also claimed that until very recently he wasNa cook in the Arkansas regiment at Anniston, but had to leave on account of his sore throat.
 Well, Jim." said the judge, might air is mighty bad for sore throat. I'll let you off light with $5, Jim.''
 Infiammabie Plunder in Room
 T. H. Motion was fined s5 on the charge of having left infla mmable plunder remain in room at 2Ol2 1-2 First avenue, from which a fire is said to have resulted last Wednesday, afternoon. His defense was that he has only recently assumed con- trol of the building as agent, and that it was only about d week ago that he knew the stuff was in the room. He had imme- diately ordered it removed.
 Frequented Forbidden Places
 Jim Reynolds, a white lad apparently about 13 or IA years of age, was fined $5 for going in places where boys should not go Jim is chronic-litte law breaker and Judge Feagin released him only day or two ago on his promise to be better boy. The last time he was arrested he broke away from the officers twice, and the latter time he had to be chased for several blocks. The case against Fred Graham, white, for grand larceny. was mol pressed for want of proof, but he was fined $10 for carrying a knife with blade about five inches long, Jack Martin, white, was acquitted of hav- ing stolen a sum of over 80 from Arthur Martin. The prosecutor claimed that Martin came in his room and took 1t out of his clothes
 The case against Henry Brown colored, was mol pressed for want of proof
 c. c. Bridwell was charged by his land lord with having obtained board under false pretenses. It was proved, however, that Bridwell only promised to pay after four days, and made no representations as to his having work. The judge held that a sim pie promise to pay was not false pretenses, nn6 discharged the defendant.
 Other convictions yesterday were James Robertson and Andy Robertson, both white for trespass; E. c. Cross, white, disorderly conduct; Arthur Suney, white, trespass; James Rooney, white, disorderly conduct.
 No Game at Auburn
 Auburn, January 2S.-(Special.) )-The game which was to have been played this after- noon between the football teams of the sophomore and freshman classes was post poned on account of the three inches of snow which fell last night.