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[[4 columned table]]
| Date | Name and Race of Plaintiff | Name and Race of Defendant | Complaint: Action Taken by Courts and Bureau |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |

| May 18. | City of Galveston | Ellen Evans, o.w. | Vagrancy. Committed to jail 15 days. |
| May 23. | Ellen Kindall, o.w. | Phoebe Cochran o.w. | Assaulting and beating Ellen Kindall. Dismissed at Plaintiffs Cost; they having settled the matter. |
| May 24 | Mr Wilson. | Alden Wilson o.w. | Taking a bunk fr. Mr. Wilson's Boarding house. Dismissed at Plaintiffs Cost. (a white man) |
| May 26 | City of Galveston | Lewis Hamilton f.m. | Fighting in the streets. Fined $10.00 and Cost. Committed to jail 15 days. |
| May 26 | Wm. Paterson | Chas. Price f.m. | Threating to shoot. Fined $5.00 and Cost. |
| May 26 | P.H. Johnson, f.m. | Lucy Fisher o.w. | Using abusing language. Fined $10.00 and Cost. Committed to jail 15 days. |
| May 26 | City of Galveston | Caroline Foosh o.w. | Stealing money. Dismissed for want of prosecution. |
| May 28 | Jackson Master f.m. | Henry Lews f.m. | Forcibly entering the house of Jackson Master and ransacking the [[?]] for the purpose to steal. Fined $20.00 and Cost. Committed to jail 15 days. |
| May 28 | City of Galveston | Fred. Parry, minor, o.boy. | Vagrant without a home. Turned over to Charlotte L York, o.w. |
| May 28 | City of Galveston | Jerry Hall f.m. | Stealing a whitewash brush belonging to a col. man, valued at $2.25. Fined $20.00 and Cost. |
| May 29 | Mary Gray, white | Sarah Williams o.w. | Using abusive language. Dismissed for want of prosecution. |
| May 29 | Mary Schwartz o.w. | Mary Gooch o.w. | Using abusive language. Dismissed at Mary Schwartzs cost. |
The above cases were tried before J.G. Seawell J.P.


Criminal Cases

[[4 columned table]]
| Date | Name and Race of Plaintiff | Name and Race of Defendant | Complaint: Action Taken by Courts and Bureau |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |

| May 15. | Lewis Brown, f.m. | Mary League o.w. | Stealing a lot of benches. Search warrant issued, case examined and the benches turned over to Plaintiff. |
| May 19' | Mary Dricking | J. Stow | Assault and battery. Dismissed. |
| May 19' | Isaac Blake f.m. | James Wilson John Johnson white | Aggravated Assault and battery. both prisoners committed to jail for appearance before the Criminal Court. |
| May 20 | City of Galveston | Mary | Theft. Search warrant issued. no property found. Discharged. |
Tried before R.D. Johnson. J.P.
| May 8 | Tony Washington f.m. | Arthur Donley white | Assault and battery and threating to shoot Fined $10.00 and Cost. ordered to give bond to the amount of $300.00 to keep the peace for one year. Defendant gave the bond and paid Cost and fine and was discharged. |
Tried before J. Mason J.P.

Geo. H. Cram
Bt Lt Col USA
Sub Asst Com
Galveston Tx

Transcription Notes:
Can't read penmanship. Sorted. Two separate tables rather than one big one. ---------- Reopened for Editing 2023-06-14 13:49:59