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Mr. Bruesch person

born: [1890-01-01,1891-01-01)died/dissolved: [1890-01-01,1891-01-01)id: p_mr-bruesch_ce09af

also known as: Bruesch

Probable 70%
Summary:  A butcher who was fined $17 for contempt after paying a woman's $5 fine and criticizing the justice's harshness.
Completeness: 90/100 Grade A
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Claims (10)

arrested_for

contempt
cited from her arrest for contempt and fined her $5… (1890) · +1 more
ver City, that the justice of peace at Central City was carrying the law out with excessive stringency. As told the Enterprise : “A soldier was fined for some trivial offense, whereat a colored woman remarked on the street “that it would in…
contempt of court1890-05-17
cited from Sir: — Your issue of the 23d inst… (1890) · +2 more
him, and escaped by mounting his companion’s horse. The Indians fired from ambush. The facts will be reported to President Harrison. ( IB ) The Judge Vindicated A Lucid Explanation of Last Week’s Accusation Central City, N. M., May 27, 1890 …
contempt after remark
cited from her arrest for contempt and fined her $5… (1890)
her arrest for contempt and fined her $5. She went to her house and closed the door, when the justice ordered the door broken in and the woman re-arrested. Mr. Bruesch, who is in the butcher business, noticing that the woman was in a delicate…

fined

fines and costs totaling $17
cited from her arrest for contempt and fined her $5… (1890)
her arrest for contempt and fined her $5. She went to her house and closed the door, when the justice ordered the door broken in and the woman re-arrested. Mr. Bruesch, who is in the butcher business, noticing that the woman was in a delicate…

gave

$5 to woman for her fine
cited from her arrest for contempt and fined her $5… (1890)
her arrest for contempt and fined her $5. She went to her house and closed the door, when the justice ordered the door broken in and the woman re-arrested. Mr. Bruesch, who is in the butcher business, noticing that the woman was in a delicate…

occupation

butcher
cited from her arrest for contempt and fined her $5… (1890)
ver City, that the justice of peace at Central City was carrying the law out with excessive stringency. As told the Enterprise : “A soldier was fined for some trivial offense, whereat a colored woman remarked on the street “that it would in…
butcher
cited from days in jail… (1890)
re. This not having accomplished, the de- sired effect, the court again was compelled to impose a third fine of $5. This did not seem quite adequate to the occasion and the court told him that if he still continued to curse and swear that…
butcher
cited from her arrest for contempt and fined her $5… (1890)
her arrest for contempt and fined her $5. She went to her house and closed the door, when the justice ordered the door broken in and the woman re-arrested. Mr. Bruesch, who is in the butcher business, noticing that the woman was in a delicate…

paid

$17
cited from her arrest for contempt and fined her $5… (1890)
her arrest for contempt and fined her $5. She went to her house and closed the door, when the justice ordered the door broken in and the woman re-arrested. Mr. Bruesch, who is in the butcher business, noticing that the woman was in a delicate…

sentenced_to

$15 in fines for contempt1890-05-17
cited from My reply to him was: “You are the officer… (1890) · +1 more
d themselves up in their room. The constable then told me that he would have to break the door open in order to execute a commitment then in his hands. My reply to him was: “You are the officer and you are responsible for the person ch…

Sources (6)

Ben Crawford Killed In Graham County

1890 · newspaper · public-domain · details

days in jail…

1890 · newspaper · public-domain · details

her arrest for contempt and fined her $5…

1890 · newspaper · public-domain

her arrest for contempt and fined her $5…

1890 · newspaper · public-domain · details

My reply to him was: “You are the officer…

1890 · newspaper · public-domain · details

Sir: — Your issue of the 23d inst…

1890 · newspaper · public-domain · details

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