Mr. Bruesch (butcher) fined $17 for contempt
Bruesch, a butcher in Central City, New Mexico Territory, was fined $17 for contempt of court in May 1890 [1][2]. He observed a woman who was arrested for contempt and fined $5; noticing she was in a delicate condition, he gave her $5 to pay the fine and remarked that her treatment had been too harsh [1][2]. For that remark, an order for his arrest was issued [1][2]. He then entered the courtroom with his hat on, and the court fined him for another contempt, with fines and costs totaling $17 [1][2]. He offered to post bond but was refused, and he paid the $17, receiving a receipt [1][2].
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- 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, notici…
- Silver City Enterprise — 1888-1890 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1890-05-23 (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 remarke…