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Show A POLICE RECORD. Cemniltslon.r Greeninan Read, at Scorch-lug Scorch-lug I, on. t The way Captain (ireeuman exooria-ted exooria-ted Hords, the defaulting busbancj who tried to avenge his imaginary grievances griev-ances by starving his wife and six childrento death, was a warning to those of like temperament and not a comparison to the penalty that will be Imposed should the brute be dragged up before him again. Not appeased by the inhuman outrages he had heaped .on the poor woman, ho resorted re-sorted to the vilest calumuies and upon the witness staud testitiod that he was not the father of the little ones who were gathered about her. Commissioner Greenman, who was irrepressibly inj dignant at so brazen aud cpw-atdly cpw-atdly a declaration very wisely checked the witness up at this juncture and read a lecture that was more scorching than a woman scorned. Hards was discharged on bis promise to do what he could to provide for his family. The case of the People v Richard Edwards was to have been ventillated before Commissioner Greenman at 2 o'clock this afternoon but the defendant and his wife were called upon to attend the'funcral of William Knox the father of Mrs. Edwards who died on Monday last. It is thought the matter will be compromised. i William Kolley and John Dee, charged with robbing Charles Kahler of $20 at Hegney's saloon were taken before Judge Laney at 2 o'clock this afternoon tor examination. The evidence evi-dence is quite plain aud they will in all probability be held to the action of the grand jury. W. D. Burton who was taken in on a charge of petit larceny was discharged bv Judge Lauey. "There were eight drunks in police court this morning upon each of whom was imposed the usual penalty. |