Show HAD HAU WRONG WIL MS I Geore G oi e Nearly For Franks Offense MEANT MAT LIGHT PENALTY i iTA MISTAKE TA D COvE JUST 3 HT IN TIME T Tr r 4 I II I Defendant D Who Wo Was Wa Guilty Gut of Serious Crime Nearly Mearly Succeeded S in i re I Getting Away way Under Undera a lighter Charge Trouble Over Oer Identity of Housebreakers 0 Houbre 0 An amusing case of mistaken Idea Iden Identity ity t ty in Judge court our yesterday morning almost resulted reule In i George GEor Williams getting off of with wih a sentence much lighter r than he will wU probably pr re receive elve c Had It I not been for Cor Williams miscomprehension of the court cout when wh n nhe he n o asked aske him him after ater he had pleaded g It If IC he cared cred to exercise his right In i n time for sentence he would probably pr p bablY have hae been punished for a arime crime rime c that he was entirely innocent of and a nd one grave gave In the eye of the thc law l aw The mistake arose fact that two t wo people of the name of Williams are a re charged with wih housebreaking The Theother Te Teother other ther o Williams Is Frank Frank a boy of 14 1 who hO was ws arrested areste on Jan Jan 6 charged with having entered the Roberts House Housen Hou on o n Broadway Bra w and stealing a few corn com comparatively cm valueless articles such SU h p artcle as collar ollar colar c buttons etc Etc from the bed room of o f Peter Lux The boy by Is now In jail jai waiting his big trial before Judge JUdge Norrell Norrel Now Ge Ce rire e Williams made a con considerably s better beter haul tan t nn his youthful He Ie is a m n 35 3 years ear of or are at a re a fiend fend and wan wati arrested arre a ted Feb Fb 10 bv he b E C Da DavIe vea vIe for Into the tie house e of S SF SF SF F Fenton r tit 5 North Wes street treet s and stealing a suit sui of clothe The W W Hums h ams was flied fled during the Benbrook trial rial t and in the bustle during this cas went mi sine Hs case cass wan waa therefore called caled va yea erday t under the name of ot Frank Fank wn W WHams Hams lat l and aD when he stated that hF hs name wt wan s 9 George Geore the name was aJ aT 3 ered tere t on the court curt records and as WIT WHo liams Iams h ams threw himself ott on the mercy mecy of the he t court he would court probably have havE been sentenced for a 11 crime he was ws In Innocent of had bad It I not been for the prose proe prosecuting attorneys tum turn tumble ble le |