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Show wash ard the judge confined him to the bull pen for five days. SHORT ORDERS. James M. Pope was assessed 5 for disturbing dis-turbing the peace. William Woodcock, another peace disturber, dis-turber, was mulcted in the sum of $10. W. Kinney, a Celtic inebriate, took hU medicine like a man and was sent to jail for live days. John Jenson, John Falk, S. Davis and Neils Hansen each forfeited $5 rather than face the court on a charge of drunkenness. William Wright, a resident of Ogden and a two months' arrival from England, a fab-bath fab-bath drunk but not an obtrusive one, was fined $5 or the usual alternative. Pat Sullivan, who paid 1 5 for being drunk Friday, was up again for gettiug drunk Saturday. Sat-urday. He is a Tintic miner; and having a return ticket tho court allowed him to go. W. S. Burton declared that he was not iruilty of drunkenness Saturday night, but when found in a semi-conscious condition on Commercial street was in the throes of an epileptic fit. "It's a clear ease," said the court. "Five dollars or five days." BRUTES SENTENCED. Affecting- Scenes In the Police Court. TOM KING, NOW SALVATIONIST, FALLS FROM GRACE, And Relates! How It Happened When Testifying to the tioodness of Ills Master Ills Spirit of Relitflon Overflowed and He Could A'o Lancer Contain Himself Other Victims Slathered In on Another .Reposeful Sunday. There was a very affecting scene in the police court this morning when JohnAird, the ex-city jailer and who is now employed on the Mormon temple, was arraigned for drunkenness and abusing his wife Saturday night. The victim of his brutality was overcome by emotion when called to the witness stand and as it was evidently impossible impos-sible for her to testify she was excused and John Brown and Abram Wilson were called to substantiate the charge, which they did to the satisfaction of all but the accused. Aird attributed the trouble to drink but positively denied that he had abused his helpmeet The court, after delivering a brief, but straight-from-the-ahoulder lecture, fined the brute f 15, with the alternative of occupying a cell for fifteen days. another dkcnkex brcte. Fred. Cook, another personage who, when i . i i . i, . A .1 : i , . under the influence of drink, makes life a burden to his wife, entered a plea of guilty of disturbing the peace. His wife related that on her return home from conference yesterday he abused her shamefully, mussed up her house and conducted himself as a fiend incarnate. Every word of her sad story was punctuated by a sob and tears flowed unrestrainedly from her eyes. 4,Ob, Judge, he is not so bad when lie doesn't drink!" she could not help saying in extenu-atiou extenu-atiou of her lord's conduct. Prosecuting Attorney Coad did not mince his words in giving his opinion of Cook, and Judge Gee followed it up in a manner that made the culprit wince. "This business must be stopped," said Gee, in summing up, "and I'll fine you 10 or ten days." Then Officer Dick Shannon asked to be sworn, and he was accommodated. no related that shortly after he arrested Cook, that disgrace to the human race had said: "G d her! the's got a cancer and it will kill her within a year, and I don't care how soon it occurs." Cook denied it vehemently; but promised never to abuse his wife again. "Look here!" exclaimed the court, now thoroughly aroused, "this fine will stand now, but I want you to understand that if you ever come before me again I will fix you. I want you to understand that!" . Cook again promised to be decent in the future and he left the court room for the" jail, where it is to be hoped he will remain for the full time of his sentence. TOM KINO FALLS FROM GRACE. Tom King, the great unwashed, a veteran of the civil war, a Mills' meeting convert, recent re-cent temperancee exhorter, and of late enrolled en-rolled in the ranks of the Salvation army, created a small-sized sensation by pleading not guilty to charges of drunkenness and disturbing the peace. "Yer see, yer honor, Tm now a member of the Salvation Army and when I got up yesterday yes-terday to testify I became too earnest and excited. The spirit of religion overflowed, but I was not drunk. I hare pains In my head and took morphine. Those fellows at tbe barracks are jealous of me on account of the girls, tso." Tom's story did not stand tat judicial |