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The San Francisco Daily Morning Call, September 1, 1864

 

A DOUBTFUL CASE. - Barney Cosgrove was playing brave, the other evening, at the saloon on the corner of Montgomery and Pine streets, with an instrument called Allen's patent, and in consequence was brought up on a charge of carrying a deadly weapon. Judge Shepheard has the case under advisement, the only question being whether Allen's patent is an improved pepper box, or a collective shooting apparatus, and if the latter, whether one was ever known to go off and hurt any person, and at what angle from a direct line with the barrel within range, would lay the greatest danger, if one could ever be touched off.

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MECHANICS' FAIR. - About two hundred entries were made yesterday, of articles for exhibition at the Fair of the Mechanics' Institute, but we are obliged to discontinue the publication of the list, because we could not get access to the books.

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POLICE SUBJECTS. - Judge Shepheard's little flock were as interesting as usual yesterday. The classes were as follows: Drunk, eight; misdemeanors, eight; carrying concealed weapon, one; assault with intent to murder, one; petty larceny, one; and burglary, one -- total, twenty-eight.

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KANE PRESENTATION. - Mary Kane was presented to his Honor Judge Shepheard, yesterday, for drunkenness. She plead guilty to the charge and was ordered to appear this morning for sentence. If Mary broke her bad habits, it would be a great kane-break.

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CANNIBALISTIC. - On or about the 16th day of July last, John Brownlee and Henry Freeman had a hostile meeting in a grocery, at the corner of Howard and Third streets. The difficulty grew out of some mutual accounts, which it seems were placed beyond legal recovery by the statute of limitations. So they fell to work chawing each other up. Brownlee exercised his molars and incisors on Freeman's thumb and finger, while Freeman lunched on Brownlee's third finger of the right hand. After the repast, what there was left of Brownlee's finger wasn't considered worth keeping, and it was amputated, whether Freeman cooked it up or not, was not stated on trial, not being material to the issue. Freeman was convicted [illegible] assault and battery and ordered [illegible].

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