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Show rOLICK COURT. A Denver Detective Fined Other Cases Disposed or. There'was a stern look on His Honor's face this morning when he ascended the stairs to the seat of justice, a look which boded no good for thoso who were to plead to the various offenses chargod. "Richard Thompson," said he, "this is the second time you have appeared before me in your official capacity as an inebriate. At your prior call you stood in iny presence and declared upon your solemn oath that in future you would behave yourself. You asserted that you would mako an effort to reform and become a good citizen. Instead, you have steeped yourself in that which put into a man's mouth raakcth him go out on the highway and make an ass of yourself. Last night j'our reasoning faculties deserted you entirely, and I don't blame them, for if your breath resembled in any way the noxious gases that are now defiling tho pure air of this room, even your soul should have left its tabernacle of mud and gin and flown to the factory where it was constructed. You imagined imag-ined yourself a detective belonging to Thield's agency in Denver, and assorted that you had a warrant for the arrest of rresidcut Woodruff for horse stealing. You insisted that tho young lady in tho telephone exchange was Charlotte Oorday, tho murderess of Murat, and declared you would have her iu tho toils, if you had to wade In gore clear up to your iron-gray raspetiw. I am goiug to sock it to you hard, and shall charge you just $10, and if your trembling form is seen or your piccolo voice heard again in tho precincts of this templo of equity I will give you a sentence that will make your feet ache." "William Devinc, you also indulged loo freely in that which befuddles the brain. But us your only offense consisted con-sisted iu imagining yourself a horso and wanting to eat a balo of alfalfa, I shall let you down cusy. A mitigating circumstance cir-cumstance is that you offered to put up $3 for the fodder. I will tine you a like amount. You can now float out." "William Brady as I understand tho situation, you are a farmer? - In the pleasant days of summer you chase a plow or ride a self-binder as you play your little part on tho stage of life. Iu my mind's eye I can see you swinging a seylho as you chop the rank timothy from out the fence coruers.and in fancy I see you humping yourself in your efforts to stow away your season's crop of rutabagas. But you came to town last night and foil from grace. You thought you were homo chasing tho Jersey heifer around tho pasture and you attempted to round up a street car mule. You can leave a sawbuck with the clerk and go back to your humblo but happy home." "Regarding the rights of the Salvation Salva-tion army to welt a brass drum, shako tambourines, blow a cornet or sing 'Are You Washed?' this court is now ready to hand down its decission. Tho alleged defenders arc discharged. The evidence evi-dence iu tho case shows that all this is music. Tho prosecution has failed (o show that it is not. Go ye out into the world again and continue your occupation occupa-tion of retailing tho War Cry and raak ing divers noises, but remember that you aro liable to punishment if you make nuisances of yourself. The court will now repair to its home and revel in tho delights of a good old fashioned New England dinner." |