The Georgetown Library will have the first static display of the City’s record books beginning in May. Here are some more tasty tidbits from history…
In the late 1880s, there were plenty of animals to be found in the center of the city. Pearl and Betty Cooper were acquitted of disrupting public commerce by driving their hogs through town.
Several docket items show some things never change; in just one month, three people were arrested for drag-racing… their horses on public streets. While most were acquitted, a Mr. Joe Brady was arrested for riding his cow.
It was also illegal, even then, to discharge fireworks in public places, with a half-dozen doing so to celebrate Christmas and likely spending all their gift money on the average $5 fines.
However, it would seem Mr. Waverly Armstrong celebrated a bit too much over Thanksgiving and was fined a whopping $15 for indecent exposure ($332 in today’s dollars). Although there was no corresponding drunkeness charge so it’s hard to tell what he was up to.
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