Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1910-11-06 | Page 30 | Drunkenness in Philadelphia

IX IN Magistrate Scott one ORe of or the commit committing committing ting Unlit in the central police pollee court asserts that he lie has haJj reformed I more liars llan than would me Ute mem mesa membership ber of half halt a dosen Ananias clubs eluba He lie is noted for his bis leniency I to men ar arrested arrested arrested rested for tor being intoxicated and never imposes a fine tine unless the offense ofte Is Ismore Ismore more l than the he ordinary drunk drank and anI disorderly sort hort rt They The need Reed the money at home is the way the genial magistrate puts it when any an one ODe tells tell him how many man pos poe possible sible fines tines he passes s up hiss His insistence on oJ truthfulness from the prisoners is a tradition however at the central court Believing that an I open confession is good for to the t ti soul I he h that the ones ore arrested admit I that they erred err after which confession lon lonI they are releaseS relea I It If they Id riu tu u t LI cor F mist that they the I WOre were sober ih Ihy ar ur ut m back baek te to a cell to think It or Ih rh e other day iy he suet met meta a Tartar in the th shape h pt of a Were Wen you drunk asked the magic I Receiving no answer anwer front from the pris prisoner oner the tile magistrate ordered the th nan man taken takeD back bAek to tu a cell cellI I Su Say vet er tr honor just a minute pro i ls i rd d Iw Ii r nay may have been drunk l fashion but it itt t 1111 been bein a it in 10 South Jersey n Released d said the Lbs th magistrate Philadelphia Times Tim