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Show IN POLICE COURT. A Case of Assault Kent's Examination His Honor Merciful. Justice Kesler was urbane and jolly when police court opened this morning. Hia honor's breakfast was evidently agreeing with him and the quality of mercy shown was in no wise strained. It fell in showers of drops as big as goose cergs and the regular regu-lar docket didn't show a single conviction. - James Crawley, the lirt victim waa charged with being drunk. He admitted his guilt but said it was his first offense and that as he was an houest laboring man a fine' would financially embarrass him. The court agreed with him ,and after exacting a promise from him that he would go and sia no more, dismissed him. James Swan, "a man with a family," said he had gotten out with a few friends and taken a drop too much. The court told him to go and be a good man. James Robinson, an old fellow of 60, said he ws a cripple and that was why he would plead not guilty to vagrancy, and that he had catarrh was the reason he would sav he took too much liquor in an effort to cure himself. He wa also turned loose. Martin Jones, charged with vagrancy, said he came into the city last night. He was from Butte and wanted to go to Bingham where his brother lives. He was told to ;o. Chas. Yet, another citizen' charged with the same offense, was also released on his statement that be w as a laboring man and on bis way to B:llin?s, Montana. . v Similar action was Ukcn in the case of Fred Lyu who w anted to go to Butte. Wm. F. Auburn for leaving his team unhitched un-hitched pleaded guilty, but begged off and was dismissed. Mrs. Fisher is a widow who resides at Mill Creek and supports four children, the eldest of which is only ten years old. She came in to town yesterday and use her own ex pression "got a drop of gin too much." She was send home to behave herself. In the matter of the people vs Kent. Mr. Riley asked that an appearance bond be fixed in the Kent case until Mondavor Tuesday Tues-day and the case was set for Tuesday morning morn-ing at 2 o'cloc k. Mr. Ililey stated that as the defendant's friends were not wealthy a find of 200 would be all they could give. As to the ultimate result the defendaht had no fear. If the defendant can get ouf to get witnesses they anticipated an acquittal ac-quittal at the prelininary. Mr. Echner said that he did not care to take the responsibility of fixing the bond at less than $1000. The court fixed the bond at $500. Mr. Riley stated that that being the case the defendant could not give the bond and the case might as well go to trial at once. It was then set for 2 p. m. The case of James Stevens, charged with, assault and battery, was then taken up. Mr. Stevens is a baker aud was charsred with striking an employe named J. W. Cannige-ter. Cannige-ter. a Frenchman. It was claimed that Stevens came in and said the bread was sour. The Frenchman regarding this as an aspersion of his ability to bake good bread, replied that the bread was "as sweet as a nut" Stevens then sailed in and whacked Johnny Crapaud. The complainant said he was so sore that he could not &leen nio-hts The evidence developed the fact that a general row was indulged in, in which Stevens got knocked down by another employe. em-ploye. The old man said in his testimony that he had offered to do the two of them, and they had run up the yaad. The defendant was fined $5, the court holding that a technical assault had been committed. |