The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1902-03-10
CASES IN
CITY COURT

ColTt ln!s morning lie was charged
! by Sergeant Lyons with acting In a
disorderly manner There was con.
siderable noise on the street showing
Ireland had two lungs and that You
Lung was much annoyed by Ireland.
The white man struck the chinaman.
The fine was S. and costs
A similar fine was imposed in tho
case Of Charles Cook for being
| drunk
John Spath and John Kirk pleaded
guilty to being drunk but did not re-
member being disorderly. Officer
Michael Burns testified that on Sat-
urday night Spath was on top Of Kirk
on Spruce street fighting. They were
using bad language.
| Another man attempted to rescue
| Spath after he was under arrest. The
statement OF Spath was that they
had words and that Kirk struck
him.
Kirk claimed the shoe was on tho
| other foot. The line was So and
costs in each case. =
Rachel Saunders, cOlored was
charged by officer William Ward with
being under the influence OF Old Rye
and creating genera disorder. Her
language was very bad and was rated
at S. and costs
Bonnie Myers made her appearance
in court Tor the first time In six
mcAths Olhccr W!ntrup charged
Bonnte Nilh Using very bad Ian.
guage. J
After she was elected from saloon
she still persisted in using the Ian.
guage She has caused the police
general trouble on the first district.
Tie fine was s. and costs.
D!sorderly conduct was the charge
against Edward Empson, colorcd, pre-
ferred by Officer John +. Ward. lie
Used bad language at Eighth and Tat
nal streets Ill SATURDAY night and he
was given the blue ribbon OF Is and
costs.
Charles II and Edward Wilson were
charged vita l>ordcrly conduct The
testimony was That The two brothers
had a fight ~ saturday nignt at nth
and C!lym1nt streets. Charles had
struck Edward with rock and the.
latter refused TO strike him back.
Charles was fined $40 and costs and
Edward wilson 81 and costs.
William Richardson colorcd, was
charged with carrying a black jack.
Pal.o.man Eakin arrested Richard
son aud found the weapon in hispock-
CT. Bail for court was fixed at 800.
The next case was liquor Ono
where hail and half figured conspicu-
ou,y 70! the defendants We're Mary
Scott. cO,orcd. and a whiteman named
Bernard lGoid,teiH. In the court
room we're u bottles Of beer, a demi-
iJhn ana woqIlrl> of eye openers and
number Of empty bottles that had
held ooInots which had been li>trbu-
ted, The patrol wagon hauled the
BOOTY and the prisoners yesterday at
'eInGOn from Mechanic street where
Sergeant Tucker and a squad had
paid an unbnncd call.
When arraigned Mary entered q
plea IF guilty ana GuIdstein plea Of
Lot guilty
Noah sharp testified he bought two
bottles o' beer from the man and paid
10 cents for each bottle.
stephen Turner colored was at the
house NO, IL Mechanic street yester-
day and bought two bottles Of beer
from ipldStcin. The woman was fined
$50 and God,teM an equal sum.
Lille Wright, roDrcd, charged
Elijah Benson, cuored. with the lar
ccmy Of sljO. George Sophmaicr
testified he saw the man grab her
handkerchief. Bail WAS fixed at $500 .
for court.
William Cramcr, coIored, pleaded
guilty t. the assault ON Florence VIM
chester lie was fined $50 and costs.
Nichola, Pugla was charged with
harborimg and unregistered dog. Tbs
costs were imposed.
Burglars Beat Aged Couple.
Cory, Pa, March 9.-Eour
masked men broke into the
home of James Grove, who re-
sides with his wife in a lone
some part Of the city, early to-
day and used the old couple
roughly in an attempt to make
them reveal where their money
was concealed.
Grove and his wife, too
frightened to move, heard the
men open the door and sur
round the bed. Mrs. Grove,
almost insane with fright,
guspcd one Of the men by the
throat and would not release
him until they struck her with
Il revolver. Both she and her
husband fell to the floor.
The burglars became alarms
ed and left, leaving their re-
volvcrS and hats in their hurry.
The old lady was seriously in-.
jurcd. There was no money
in the house.
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