FHSU Scholars Repository

Title

051: Dodge City Police Docket - Page 17

Creator

Preview

Identifier

0052_Page 17

Date

7-20-1878

Description

A page from the Dodge City police docket ledger detailing a court case against May Gaylor for disorderly conduct

Physical Description

11" x 16" leather bound ledger page

Rights

This material is in the public domain.

Publisher

Digitized by Forsyth Digital Collections

Repository

Ford County Historical Society

Comments

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Recommended Citation

"051: Dodge City Police Docket - Page 17" (1878). Dodge City Police Docket. 52.
https://scholars.fhsu.edu/dodgecity/52

Language

eng

Transcription

Docket, Police Judge, City of Dodge City, Kansas. The City of Dodge City, Plaintiff, No. 367 vs. May Gaylor, Defendant. In the Police Court, Before Samuel Marshall, Police Judge, in and for the City of Dodge City, Ford County, State of Kansas. Fine, 1.Costs, Judge, Docket, .10 Number, .10, Title, .10, Complaint, .25. Warrant, .25. Subpoena, Swearing, Witness, Trial, .50, Judgement, .25, Entering Judgement, .25, Mittimus, Commitment, Continuance, Entries, .50. Filing Papers, .10 Index, .10. Fine and costs paid July 20, 1878. City Attorney. 3.00 Received my fee E.F. Colburn, Atty. City Marshal. 2.00, Paid Marshal Earp July 20, 1878. Witnesses, Total. 11.50 Fine paid R.G. Cook July 25, 1878. May Gaylor Defendant arrested on the complaint of Wyatt Earp charging that on the 19th day of July AD. 1878, at the said City of Dodge City, the said Defendant May Gaylor did within the corporate limits of the said City then and there unlawfully disturb the quiet of the City in that she did conduct herself in a riotous, rude and violent manner. Contrary to the provisions of Section II of Ordinance No. 16 Relating to Misdemeanors. Now on this 20th day of July 1878 comes this cause for hearing. Case called. Defendant present in court and after hearing the charges contained in the complaint read enters a plea of “guilty.” Whereupon it is by the court considered ordered and adjudicated that the defendant is guilty as charged in the court of law and that she pay a fine of one dollar and the costs of this prosecution and that she stand committed until the said is paid. Witness my hand: Samuel Marshall, Police Judge.