BITTEN. - At noon yesterday a man's leg was terribly torn by a dog which is permitted to run at large near the upper end of Clay street, and might also have permission to run at large in any other part of the town if he wanted it, perhaps. Ferocious dogs are too common here to be popular, and since the law affords no valid protection against them, it would not be bad policy to transgress the concealed weapon ordinance in their favor.
(Not in Branch's list. Transcribed from microfilm, p. 2.)
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FAMILY JAR. - Adam Schulig and his wife disagree in a great many material points. If incompatibility of temper is a ground for divorce, there's a case. Yesterday morning Adam was brought before Judge Shepheard to answer a charge of having administered conjugal discipline. Mrs. Schulig testified that her husband licked her time and again, and their little girl corroborated her statements. Schulig will be dealt with by Judge Shepheard this morning.
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BAIL FORFEITED. - J. Isaacs and Theodore Samuels, who were expected to have paid their court to Judge Shepheard yesterday, failed to appear, and their bail was declared forfeited. These men were charged with having committed a misdemeanor in vending obscene cards. There are four charges against Isaacs -- four bitter pills in store for him. Besides the above, Charles Spaulding, Michael Hughes, John Allen, Dennis Croly, and John Haley, charged with misdemeanors, and Louis Stern, carrying a concealed weapon, forfeited their bail.
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REBEL BEFOGGED. - Night before last, the officers who were conveying Charles L. Weller to Alcatraz for imprisonment, in accordance with General McDowell's order, got lost in the fog, and after beating about for some time, brought up against the short near the Oakland ferry landing, but could not guess where they were until they discovered the ferry lights through the mist. They had to transfer their prisoner to the ferryboat, and stand guard over him all night. They finished their voyage to Alcatraz with him, yesterday morning.
(Not in Branch's list. Transcribed from microfilm, p. 2.)
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POLICE COURT. - Judge Shepheard's docket loomed up majestically yesterday morning. The new cases amounted to thirty-two, which were classified as follows: Drunk, 4; misdemeanor, 14; malicious mischief, 1; assault and battery, 9; petty larceny, 3. Besides these there were twenty-six continued cases. Judge Shepheard plies the whip of justice with a vigorous arm, and seemingly with a determination to break up the Police Court by reforming the community. Frivolous pleas and excuses avail nothing with him, and he seldom strikes amiss. May he long continue to be a terror to evil doers.
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PUBLIC INDECENCY. - One of the most disgusting instances of this offence, that has ever come to our knowledge, was committed on Monday at the corner of Sacramento and Stockton streets, by a beast named Charles Meyer. The fellow's counsel labored hard to extenuate the offence, but it only grew in beastliness as each interrogatory of the cross examination was answered. Meyer was ordered to appear for sentence.
(Not in Branch's list. Transcribed from microfilm, p. 3.)
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