| Show SCULLAEDS GUN PLAY The Deep Creek Offender Was AH Right Except When Drunk A Jury Brings Jii a Verdict of Acquittal Police Court TrialsA Franklin Avenue Row The longdelayed criminal actions were reached in the Third district court at 330 oclock yesterday afternoon The first one called for trial was that of Ed Scul lard otherwise known as Slim Jim who was indicted on the charge of assault with intent to commit robbery on the person per-son of Ed Anderson at Deep Creek on November 10 1892 The complaining witness in the case alleges that Scullard is a dead tough man and that he was in the habit of holding people up at the business end of a gun whenever the spirit moved him Scullard however denies the soft impeachment im-peachment and alleges on the other hand that he has always been a quiet and inoffensive in-offensive citizen except when he was under un-der the influence of liquor His attorney attor-ney S S Markham also vouches for the docile elements of Scullarda composition compo-sition Assistant District Attorney Richards shied his castor into the criminal judicial ring for the first time when the case was called but was assisted later by Judge Howat After the impaneling of a jury the prosecution stated that they did not desire de-sire a conviction except for simple assault as-sault and the case was tried on that charge The evidence showed that Scullard and Anderson had some trouble over soma money which Scullard had lost and dur jug the row which followed Scullard drew a gun on Anderson and later Anderson An-derson made a similar play at Scullard I also appeared from the evidence of the defense that Scullard was drunk at the time and that Anderson had taken his money for safe keeping The case reached the jury shortly after 5 oclock and three minutes later they returned a verdict of not guilty Judge Gees Work In the police court yesterday R W Jenkins the individual who tried to knock out Policeman Carey on Wednesday Wednes-day night was fined 15 Essie Watkins the keeper of a house of i fame was fined 17 while Nora Clayton Clay-ton and Grace Page two inmates were mulcted in 350 each Ed Pue and Frank Williams two brake beam tourists were sent up for five days each for stealing rides on the Union Pacific Pa-cific cificA A H Kirkpatrick entered a plea of not guilty to the charge of stealing a watch belonging to Mayto Lane and his trial was set for today Andrew Smith a teamster was arrested ar-rested by Officer Ford last night for cruelty to animals Billy Raised a Row Billy Keen who claims to be a real estate hustler was arrested by Officer i Leavitt yesterday morning for raising a rqw in a Franklin avenue house of ill fame He will be tried in the police court i today Votrovltzky Discharged I A Petrovitzky who was charged with threatening to kill B Steinman jr had a hearing in Commissioner Norrells court yesterday and was discharged The trouble aroe over the notorious thirteen trunks of which much has been said during dur-ing the past month Johnson Acquitted John F Johnson a State street secondhand second-hand dealer was tried in Commissioner Greenmans court yesterday on the charge of having disturbed the peace of K L Knudson and wife The trial was largely attended and there was a corresponding corre-sponding amount of evidence submitted but the preponderance was on the side of the defendant and he was discharged The Two Girls Released I Jennie Rogers and Lizzie Gardner the two misguided young girls who are charged with fornication were released from the penitentiary yesterday upon their own recognizance in accordance withjan order entered by Judge Zane on Wednesday They were taken to the Womans Rescue home I A Convict Released Lee Gimm who was sent up from the First District court on March 15 1892 eighteen months for assault with intent to do bodily harm was released from the penitentiary yesterday upon the expira tion of sentenceS sentence-S General Auctioneer Ej J Pago General Auctioneer storage stor-age and commission Estimates given on household goods No 58 S West Tem I 1 street plestreet |
