Show < > < > < > < > < > < > < > 3 < > O pOlin HHlN6 < > < > < > + < > < > < > + < x > < > < > < > Yesterday was a very quiet day in police court Only one case was brought up for trial John Griffin was arraigned arraign-ed on a charge of drunkenness and was fined a bushel of apples It happened hap-pened in this way Griffin was brought into the court rcom and Judge NVenger bad not yet come in Jim Adams was there and took a seat on the judges bench and called the court to order John Griffin called Jim standup stand-up Griffin arose to his feet and Jim continued con-tinued You are charged with being drunk What have you to say for yourself your-self Well your honor began Griffin you see it was this way I Never mind about that cried Jim are you guilty or not guilty Guilty your honor Then the court fines you a bushel of apples or stand committed until the fine is paid That is all As there are no more cases on the docket court is adjourned until 2 ooock this afternoon after-noon So saying J 0 put on his hat and strode out of the ourt room with all the majesty of a selfelected police justice Griffin was dumbfounded at the sentence sen-tence he had received as in all the years of his experience in such matters he had never heard of such a sentence before Just then Judge Wenger came in to the court room and before he took his seat the joke played on Griffin was explained to him His honor laughed I laugh-ed and when he took his place he sprung another surprise on Griffin and the others in the room John Griffin called the judge 1I hear that you have already been fined a bushel of apples for being drunk Is that true Yes your hbnor Then as you have already been sentenced sen-tenced I discharge you from the present pres-ent charge I Griffin was then allowed to go upon promising Jailer Kimball that he would bring around a bushel of apples A I little later he appeared at the station and went up to the desk sergeant say I ing that he wanted to pay his fine With that he handed over a sack containing con-taining a peck of apples and went out < j > < S > < S > But Griffin is not destined to get off so lightly after all Not long after he had been set free he was met by a Mrs Brown who accosted him and told him she wanted the overcoat that he had stolen from her son Griffin responded with You go to h And sha went to the police station The policemen do not understand how she could have gotten Hades and the police station mixed up At the station she renorted that the overcoat which had been sold by Griffin was one that had been stolen I from her son Mr Riley had given it to Sam Brown and Griffin it is alleged al-leged stole it from the latter The police po-lice are now on the lookout for Griffin and when he is arrested a charge of i petit larceny will be placed against him 000 Desk Sergeant Smith who has been ill for the past few days was able to be around again yesterday 009 There were two very amusing cases disposed of in the police station last night About 10 oclock a man came into the station and said he wanted to have an officer go with him to the house of ill fame kept by Mable Gray son just in rear of the city jail He explained that afriend of his had been robbed of a pocket book containing 25 Officer Seigfus was sent with the man and soon returned bringing the two men and two of the inmates of the house The man who lost the money was somewhat under the influence of liquor and explained that he had gone to the front of the house and rang the door bell The two women met them at the door and after talking for a minute or so the man who gave his name as Harry Pugh discovered that his pocket book was missing Charley the one that was with Pugh went for an officer while Harry went into the house and demanded of the women to give up his purse They all denied having taken it I and the quartette were taker to the po lice station to in etigate the case Both the men were positive that one of the girls had taken it Pugh said that he had had the purse in his trousers pocket on the right side He stated that he did not feel any one try ing to get into his pocket but the girls must have don so in some way for it was not there About this time Detective I Detec-tive Sheets appeared on the scene and he with Chief Rhodes and Pugh went into the chiefs office Here the de I tectives searched Pugh and found the purse and all the money intact in his hip pocket Both men looked cheap and Pugh went up and apologized to the two nymphs for his conduct but they swept majestically out of the room without accepting the apology > < > l They had not more than gone out of the door when in marched Officer Tom Hilton with a man in tow Tom stated that he had passed a saloon on east First South street and as he did so he saw the man strike another man in the mouth Tom rushed in and captured the assailant who gave his name as Walker The man that was struck accompanied ac-companied the two to the station and here it developed that they were brothers bro-thers As the complaining witness said that he would not prosecute his brother Tom had nothing to do but let them go The Walkers then left the station and I went up the street arm in arm |