The San Francisco call., 1904-06-15
JURY OF TWO HEARS TESTIMONY
AND ACQUITS IN SEVEN MINUTES
Non-Unon Harnessmaker Has Two Apprentices Ar
rested for Disturbing His Peace Difficulty
in Getting Panel Develops Unique Situation

vereichieva, fishermen, quarreled while
they were at sea in their respective
boats, and an ocean tragedy was avert
ed only by the winds that baffied their
mutual effort to lock gunwales and
fight it to a finish right there. When
they returned to Fishermen's Wharf,
however, they had full and free op-
portunity to carve each other; but a
large concourse Of expectant compa-
triots was treated to nothing more
sanguinary than the utterance OF
/, threats by Antonio and his arrest on
complaint Of Vincenz0. Judge Mogan
has given himself until June % to pre-
pare a decision in the case.
]. S. Herrin, a teamster for the Sig
nal Transfer Company, was intoxicated
when he drove his horses at breakneck
speed over the crossings on Market
street, between Powell and Kearny,
nor was he sober when his case was
called in Judge Mogan's court. After
his name had been bawled half a dozen
times he rose from a back bench and
approached the bar with such unsteady
gait that the case was remanded till
to-day. as it is not in accord with the
intent or purpose Of the law to ar
raign a person who is inebriated.
Sam Gilmore peladed that he was
not driving at unusual speed when his
steed cOllided with a car on Market
street. but the animal was green" and
rather revolutionary. He was sharply
reprimanded for attempting to break
a green" horse on public thorough
fare and then he was discharged.
In the case of Peter Hansen it was
the carman who posed as defendant
and the teamster, A ]. GAYLORD. as
complainant. Gaylord was steering an
army wagon across the railway track
in the Preside reservation when the
car, of which Hansen was the grip
man, ran into the vehicle, smashing it
and damaging Gaylord TO an extent
that necessitated his removal to the
post hospital. Lieutenant W. G. Reed,
officer of the day, had Hansen arrest
ed and placed in the guardhouse, where
he remained until the civil law, per-
sonified by Policeman ]. ]. Berry, took
him in charge and booked him for bat
terry. The case was continued until
July II, by which time Gaylord's in
juries win probably be sufficiently
cured to permit his appearance to tes-
tify in Judge Mogan's court.
Edward ]. Murphy. who has been
annoying the clergymen of St. Patrick's
Church on Mission street by soliciting
aims when he is intoxicated, was SEN
fenced by Judge Fritz to sixty days
Imprisonment.
A silver bass that weighed less than
three pounds engaged the attention of
Judge Mogan and twelve big jurors
for about an hour of the morning ses-
sion. The fish was not offered in evil
dence-a sanitary precautiOn, because
it was defunct when seized several
weeks ago-but witnesses described its
appearance as it was offered for sale
by Manuel Moggio at 5I9 Merchant
street and all of them agreed that il
did not look to be UP to the weight
prescribed by ordinance. The jury,
however. opined that Mr.. Maggie was
not the original lawbreaker as TO that
particular bass, since he had purchased
it from a fisherman who guaranteed
that it met all the legal requirements.
The verdict was not guilty.
On motion Of Attorney johnson, for
the defense, the jury impaneied in the
case Of E. Z. Sproat, charged with de-
frauding creditors, was discharged by
Judge Fritz and a venire issued for
seventy-five new talesmen. The case
will be again taken up next Mon
day.
John Burke is accused of stealing a
pair. of shoes from a Hayes-street foot
wear store and Judge Mogan has con-
tinued the case till tomorrow to give
the police time to- capture a man who
was with Burke when the alleged lar
ceny was committed. The complainant
said that the two men entered the
store together. one of them equipped
with a valise, and that while the sales
woman's attention was engaged by one
visitor the other stole the shoes and
dropped them into the bag. Burke re-
Gently came here from Seattle and
seems about to succumb to tubercu-
losis.