Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1897-07-24 | Page 8 | Ben Cobb is Penitent

BEN COBB IS PZNITEKTT And Is Let Off With n Tine of 20 and Costs Ben Cobb pleaded guilty to the charge of exhibiting a pistol in a threatening manner Cobb is the man who went after the cashier of the Tem pleton cafe Thursday night with a gun and ran all the people out of the place His attorney made a statement to the court in which he said that Mr Cobb had never before in his life been guilty of such conduct and would not have been guilty of this offense had he not been under the influence of liquor that Cobb had no intention of doing any harm and for that reason prayed leniency of the court Judge Wenger fined him 520 and the costs James Robinson was sentenced to 30 days in jail for begging and James McDonald was given 20 days for a similar offense About 20 others were convicted of minor offenses