The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1900-10-18
.REPARTEE IN
THE COURT
Ha! .Ha! Ha! Said the
Judge.
He! He! He! THE WITNESSES
Ho! Ho! Ho! Roared the Defendants
But Justice Prevailed
Yesterday.

ID ON MOTS and witticisms abound
ID ed in yesterdays session of the
District Court, and witnesses,
lawyers, and the magistrate, himself, |
Wed with one another in repartee Quips |
as old as Tantalus and newly Matched
jests kept the occupants of the court |
room on the perpetual giggle, and their
faces were wreathed with smiles as
with a garland.
The Lycurgus case was called first |
George told the judge he had made, ar
rangements with the High Sheriff to
have his case go over till Saturday.
The High Sheriff amt running this
court" exclaimed Judge Wilcox en-
phatically. Amy arrangements of that
nature must be made right here" The
case was allowed to go over till Fri |
day
| Anderson, who took copious draughts
of whisky to nullify the effects of the
big storm. being asked to plead,
stated that he had cold in his head.
Il didn't ask you If you had a cold,
said his honor. Il asked you If you had
a drunk" Anderson was assessed as
per custom
! "Dink" Davies and John Santos had
a passage of arms in the Star oyster
foundry.
mo wrong was intended" argued At
torney Strauss. Defendants were un-
der the influence of liquor and started
TO play with each other. They got bois-
| ferrous, and quarrel was the result
Today they are sore and sorry
/ When Strauss put the case in such an
original light, ''Dink'' was overcome in
Osanl lnA 2R1C md lnx,l .f inn
cence stole over his dimpled face, which
melted the heart of the court to such
an extent that II overlooked the charge
of affray. and fined both defendants
two dollars and costs for being drunk
! Joe Correa, drunk and driving a
hack. escaped with reprimand. To
him the judge said:
II noticed something was the matter
with you when you came here yester-
day. but i couldn't quite size you up.
didn't know from your appearance
whether you had drank too much, or
been drugged, or If you had been dis
appointed in love. You had evidently
met company. though whether good or
bad, | can't say. Don't let it occur
again"
Carrie Madeira. an energetic looking
young Portuguese, was reprimanded for
assaulting boy, by name Joe Fernan-
dez. The father of the boy declined to
prosecute.
The father has evidently undergone
a change of heart" remarked Judge
Wilcox. Maybe the recent rains have
cooled him off. When next you feel
that the seat Of the young mans pants
| require busting, let the old man do it,
The case of obtaining liquor under
false pretenses against John sylvia.
went over until this morning. Sylvia
went to the Anchor saloon and ordered
one bottle of gin and four bottles of
beer, ostensibly for man who, he said
: was awaiting outside in his n(ck. The
liquor thus obtained was converted to
the defendants own benefit.
Techumura. charged with assault
I owes his escape from the tolls to the
{ kind Offices of f. j. Berrey, who pros
r ecuted the case. The warrant called
, for defendant to answer the charge OF
having assaulted one Wiahara. Mr.
Berrey succeeded in proving that Te-
> chumura had assaulted japanese
e woman, who appeared as a Witness and
D whose name was entirely different from
that signed to the warrant. A curiou.
point brought out by the woman's tes
timony was that she had been kicked
: in the back until her nose bled.
z Hannah pleaded not guilty to tn,
. charge of illicitly selling liquor. Harr.
;, Leroy testified that he had purchased
" bottle of gin from defendant for
y dollar, near Gardner's old place. AT
CduS
y ed him to change his story materially
= and he admitted that Hannah had OBJ
: tanned the liquor from another house
. Hannah swore that she had gottel
|, the gin from a friend for Leroy, an
: denied that the money had touched tn
palm of her hand. She said that Lero
had paid the dollar to another woman
T.. whom she named.
u What is your employment" aske
l. Strauss of Leroy
IT Waiting" answered the witness
c. Where have you been waiting 70
the last five moBths?''
II have been sick"
Waiting to get well, | suppose.
D Clipped in the judge.
m Are you in the employ OF the pc
,e lice?" asked Strauss. Deputy Sheri
. Chillingworth objected.
Are you police officer. them
Yes" reluctantly.
Have you badge or a uniform or
commission
l. NO"
re Then you are a police spy, are yo
p notg' Deputy Sheriff Chillingwort
a again objected
r. 'Some of the worlds greatest detet
:, tives might be called Spies" venture
: his honor.
. Some lawyers are spies, too" r.
w fiected the deputy sheriff.
J. You ought to know retorte
n. Strauss wickedly. and Judge Wilco
90 hung out the mo Bouquts" placard
n The case was continued until today
- order that the woman who received II
~ money might be subpoenaed
IS