May 26, 2025
MUST KEEP CHICKENS PENNED.
Or William Wright Will Have to
Pay $500 Fine.
William Wright and his wife, Mary, who live at Thirty-first and Poplar streets, were in municipal court yesterday, charged with disturbing the peace by James A. Johnson, a neighbor, who claimed that Wright had resented his complaint in regard to his chickens, which were allowed to run at large, and had attempted to stab him a knife.
Johnson testified that in the melee, Mrs. Wright had appeared in the doorway and fired several shots at him with a revolver.
Most of the neighborhood appeared and vouched for Johnson's story. The court fined each of the defendants $500 but gave them a stay of execution on the condition that the chickens be penned up.
Labels: animals, guns, municipal court, Thirty-first street
