Police Blotter Part 2

More of Police Blotters circa 1852

A Hard Old Case - J Keyser was found miserable drunk of Pacific Street and taken in. When called up in the dock, he was hardly able to stand, being considerably affected with the trembles. He admitted having been on a bender for a whole week. Fined $5 and sent to the lock up for five days.

Henry Foster, considerably noisy and furious, fined $5

Color Harmony - Henry While and George Brown, being very blue, went into Green Street and blacked each others eyes. Fined $25 each.

A greaserita named Carolina and an American name Hyde, with their heads wrapped up in several handerchiefs, appeared in the dock to answer a charge of fighting desperately on Dupont Street. Fined $20 each and put in the jug for ten days.

John Briggs, found comfortably drunk on Long Wharf. Discharged on promise to reform.

E Jones was found by Officer North on the corner of Long Wharf and Montgomery Street in a state of drunkedness and quite disorderly. He resisted the officer manfully, tearing his breeches and committing other small depradations. Fined $20 or ten days.

Mrs. Mark Quirk, proprietrees of a rum mill on Stockton Street, was found punching the goard of a poor, ill-shaven, luckless wight that had drank until he had become weak in the knees. Fined $50 and the Recorder sent the man to jail for three days because he had become so drunk as to let the woman thrash him.

One more set of these next time...