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Show DAHONEY, SOAKED SN POLICE COURT, I CLAIMS A M1SCARRSAGE OF JUSTICE Judge Whitakor, occupying tho polico po-lico court bench in Judge- Dichl's absence, ab-sence, dealt out swift but not always sure 'justice to those presented boforo him, 'if iinv credit is to bo given to D. Dahohey's big, healthy kick. Dnhonoy, who is a watchman at the Lagoon depot, was charged with buttery upon Joo McCarthy. McCarthy was not prceent. but ono of tho witnesses for tho prosecution testified that ho saw Dahoncy strike McCarthy, but he could slied no light upon the motive, This was the only witness for tho prosecution, prose-cution, and Dahoncy took the stand. Ho said that McCarthy accused him of harboring the complainant 's younger brother about tho depot and yards and he denied tho charge. Then McCarthj, lie said, began to heap abuse upon him and his family. He remonstrated nnd McCarthy struck at him. Then ho felled McCarthy, ho admitted. Dnhoney's manner on tho stand was offensive, amounting almost to contempt-, it is said, and upon his leaving the witness clinir Judge Whitakor pronounced pro-nounced him guilty and imposed a fine of $. Dahoncy sent up a roar. He claimed that the court was unfair in. not allowing al-lowing him to put his wifo and two other witnesses, who saw tho assault, upon the stand, and classed tho court's decision as a misenrriage of .i"stico. k Dick Hawkins, Howard Lawrcnco, I Eddie White and Ollio Smith, negroes, were fined $3 each for enticing Cal Henry, a negro, who stays at tho American Amer-ican house, into the street nnd assaulting assault-ing him. Henry was unable to leavo his bud for two dav8 after the assault, it The city is rid of Babo Soaright, a vicious ncgress, who has been beforo the court innumerable times for vn- grnncy. She pleaded guilty to being a vugrant and was given twenty-four hours in which to leave tho city. Frank Howell, another healthy beggar, beg-gar, will not have to beg for forty-five forty-five dnvs. Ho pleaded guilty tn ya-granc3' ya-granc3' "und was scut to the rock pile ' for that longth of time. John Hurley, while drunk, went into a restaurant,' ordered1 and nto a meal and then refused to pay for it. His momorv was at fault ns to tho transaction transac-tion and tho court sent him to tho rock nilo for fivo days to help him remember remem-ber hereafter. John Walsh contended that he is not a healthy boggar, as. sot forth in tho complaint against him, tor tho reasons that he has a fractured skull and only ono arm, and sentence was suspended upon his promise to leave town. John Mertcns. Joo demons and William Wil-liam Myers paid $5 eacli for getting drunk on Sunda3'. |