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Show OFFENDERS BEFORE JUDGE OF MUNICIPAL COURT i John Robc, charged with Indecent acts, pleadod guilty this morning In the municipal court and, after the judge had heard of the circumstanced which led to his arrest, he Bontoncea' him to serve 30 days in Jail. Ro3o was arrested last night by Patrolman Blackburn at Twenty-fifth street and Lincoln avenue. Frank Hale and Joe Buddington. who were charged with drunkenness, pleadod guilty and as there were no special circumstances reported against them, they were released on five-day suspended sentences. Both were arrested ar-rested by Patrolman Blackburn, the former about 9:30 at Twenty-fifth street and Lincoln avenue, and the latter on AdamB avenue near Twenty-fourth Twenty-fourth street about 7:16 p m. The case of Ogden City vs. W. C. Barrett, charged with vagrancy, was heard and taken under advisement. The hearing brought out the fact that Barrett, who said that he was an orphan and appears to be still in his "leenB," was arrested on March 2Sth by Detective. George Wardlaw Tor opening a letter which had been en trusted to him to mall. Detective Wardlaw testified that the youth had been arrested once before for passing bad checks, but had been given an opportunity to straighten up and. on account of his youth, the city attor ney had decided not to charge him with an offense greater than vagrancy vagran-cy that thoy might locate his relatives and start him right again. Barrett said that he had been out of work and was discouraged. The case of the City vb, W. Becker was also taken under advisement, Becker was charged with the theft of a pair of shoes from the Golden Eagle store, the offense having been committed last night. He was arrested ar-rested by Patrolman Blackburn, who testified in the trial that Becker tried to get away from him after he was arrested and had to be handcuffed. On the way to the station, the officer stated, the defendant said he had been in trouble a number of times and confessed to having stolen the shoes He also traced out several places where Becker had tried to sell the shoes. B. Molof, a clerk in the store, identified iden-tified tho shoos which were not mateb, as the property of his employer ana fitted the mates to them. Becker, in telling his story, denied having admitted to the officer that he had stolen the shoeB to sell, with the understanding that he was to have all over ?1 that he could get for them. He also said that he was drunk at the time and did not really know what he was doing. |