John B. Skillman reproduces an August 1, 1828 police report where George Lyons took "leg bail."

Date
1830
Type
Book
Source
John B. Skillman
Non-LDS
Hearsay
Direct
Reprint
Reference

John B. Skillman, Skillman's New York Police Reports (New York: Ludwig & Tolefree, 1830), 14-15

Scribe/Publisher
Ludwig & Tolefree
People
John B. Skillman
Audience
Reading Public
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Transcription

George Lyons, a coloured gentleman has changed his name without consent of the Legislature, and assumed one which he conceived, no doubt, to be more poetical and sonorous. He now goes by the enviable baptismal name and cognomen of Charles Johnson. Mr. Johnson had been in the Penitentiary a few weeks, but his visit was not as long as was anticipated. the keeper does not sleep, as may be supposed, with one eye open, and Mr. Johnson took advantage of the "silent night," and gave him what is termed in slang phrase, "leg bail." Mr. Johnson has an enemy, as it would seem, in the shape of a coloured lady, and whose guise is somewhat striking. She was present at the office. She asserted, he repelled—she argued, he replied—she criminated, he recriminated; but the woman prevailed—her tongue was too nimble for Mr. Johnson. He was re-sent to the Penitentiary.

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