The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-01
CITY LOST THE CASE
NEGRO CHARGED WITH v1oLAT-
 ING SUNDAY LAWS. n E
City Not Able to Prove That the Drink Was Whiskey, Nor Who Served It-Police
 Court.

A case which showed the difficulties under which the police labor in regard to securing convictions for violating the SuEoay law was tried in the Recorders Court yesterday afternoon. The city lost the case. and Chief Gerald said that he was going to petition the Council to en- act more stringent Sunday laws.
 The case was that of George Newstill, a negro bartender for a saloon on Mon roe Street. Police Officer Peoples testi- ned that about o'clock Sunday morning ne noticed several negroes going in and out or the saloon and he notified the Keeper that he had better shut up the place, People continued to come and 20 and the officer went inside the saloon. He says that George Newstill and another negro were behind tlss bar, while two negroes were in front of the bar. A large glass containing what he took to be beer and small gill glass containing what he thought to be whiskey were apparent customers. toners The % o,ficer @ S imme, r%o diately arrested the negro bartender. He said he did not. smell the drinks, but was confident that it was whiskey and swear to it. Ne Neither % did he w see % the de-. de- fendant hand the liquor across the coun- ter, and while the defendant was the bar tender, still there was another negro be- hind the counter, and he could not swear which one handed the drinks over the counter. t
 One of the regroes, who was in the bar wSs called as a witness. Ills .sw ore that he ad oIdered whiskey and 1t had been refused him. and that 1t was ginger ale which had been served to him. Chief Gerald asked him what was in the small gill glass and he replied water. The Chief said he must have been very del icate about drinking water to have 1t served in gill glass.
 The City not Icing able to prove that nquor was scld there on Sunday lost the case, but Recorder Tarver that if it had hpGn nrOVan that zsan hands he would find the defendant for selling even what the 7egro witness said was ginger ale.
 Annie Bell Carpenter, a small negro girl, went ito ms rket. to buy fat pig" but those at the city market were not Tat enough. so AaBie went to kress $ and up and make a hideous sound. Annie liked this pig, but being On the pig herself she let 1t get accidently get 1nixed up with some other bundles which she had. One of the clerks saw her and ho- tified the ilo orwslker who sent for the police. The pig was discovered safely hid among Arliie's bundles. so. she was fined & and Annie was sent back to the pen" without the "pig.'t
 Sam Porter. who could. not claim an occupation commensurate with his name. had nothing to do, so he decided to worry an old crazy na-2 who frs9nents some of the si 1e streets of Montgomery, Sam does not live in a glass house, so he threw stones at the old man, which caused Recrrd,r Tarver to thr w hot shot at him to the amount of s.
 Will LeGrand was charged with dis orderly conduct Several white boys had been playing II spy" in LeGrand's yard. One of the l.oys had run around the yard and disturbed the negro's chickens This angered him and he told the boy not to do it again. The boys say that they forgot and went around the yard again. This time LeGrand slapped one of them. and the boy said he cursed him. LeGrand says that the white boy cursed him first Judge Tarver said that possibly the boys may have been annoying, still man had no right to slap a small boy. ani he fined LeGrand s and costs.