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Show IX POLICE CIRCLES. PLUMBER FAERELL IS CONVICTED AND FIXED. An Eventful Session in the Court or Kesler, J. A. Xeishborhood Row in Which a Iove Episode Is Woven Charley Lange Pays for Doing? I'p a Doeeatcher A Hoary-Headed (Sinner. Kesler, J., worked, for the municipal till this morning, for every sinner who appeared before him was mulcted. He was in an unusually un-usually pleasant frame of mind too, and the students in criminal lore who made their debut in the judicial chamber expected better bet-ter things of him. In the language of a disgruntled dis-gruntled sport, the court, when pleasant, should be "coppered; when out of sorts, play the game wide open and the cards will always fall on the lucky side." A Neighborhood Warfare. Chris Jensen, accused of disturbing the peace of Natalie Peterson, in having broken down a gate on her property in the southwestern south-western part of the city and threatening the life of herself and her husband, entered a plea of not guilty. Mrs. Peterson gave her testimony in an admixture of Danish, English Eng-lish and pantomime, and was followed by her husband, a dudish-apDearing old gent, who, although he talked a great deal, did not throw much light on the disturbance. His strongest yoint was that the defendant 'ieclared. "in the name of the Deity, that he would take his life." Other witnesses testified that Jensen was a bold, bad bucaneer of the ward in which he lives. Jensen also had a squad of witnesses, and he was the first to take the stand. He is a towheaded youngster of not very prepossessing prepossess-ing aspect, and rejoices in the possession of a lower set of molars which incline lovingly in the direction of the sesophagus. He, of course, was an injured innocent, but he acknowledged ac-knowledged that when they accused him of breaking the gate he cursed loudly and threatened to whip his accusers. His witnesses aided the prosecution materially, ma-terially, and the judge was in the midst of an impressive lecture when Attorney Coad interrupted and whispered: "Judge, Jensen was married yesterday, and It's pretty tough to be interrupted in the midst of the joys of a honeymoon." The judgu studied a moment and lowly hummed the bars of an old love tune. He finally asked the defendant: "When were you married?" "Oh, I got her yesterday," giggled the buccaneer, and his little wife joined in the chorus. The incident warmed the cockles of the court's heart and he assessed the youne man $3. 6 Plambcr Farrell Fined. J."W. Farrell, the plumber, charged by Plumbing Inspector Lapsley with hiving violated the plumbing ordinance, was the first victim to stand before the bar of justice, and he announced that be was ready to plead. The complaint charging him with, having used "bolted joints instead of wiped," was read to him and he entered a plea of guilty, but claimed that there were extenuating circumstances. circum-stances. It was the fault of a workman, a recent importation from Chicago, that the one joint was placed in the house complained com-plained of, and it was done without his knowledge. He intended to rectify the error, as he was eager to live np to the plumbing law. On this showing the court, imposed the lowest fine, f 10. and informed the culprit that a second offense would cost him $25. A Hoary-Headed Sinner. John Lindsay, a gray-haired patriarch who is not larger than a midget, tremblingly admitted ad-mitted that he was the possessor of a glorious glori-ous jag last night, and had wandered into the house of a neizhbor of Cncle Bill Show-ell Show-ell on Fourth East street. The court announced an-nounced that he would let him off with a nominal fine this time, and placed it at $5. "Then ye'll forgive me, jedge," rapturous! raptur-ous! jr exclaimed the old sinner. "es, I'll forgive you." replied the court, "with five dollars." "Oh, judge. I havn't got it." "And the old man ambled to the bench labeled "Despair." A Bold Burglar, Ha, Ha! James Franklin, accused ot having bm g-lar g-lar tools in his possession, entered a plea of not guilty. When arrested on suspicion a pass key, which it pleased the police to call a skeleton key, was found on his person, and the cry went up that a most dangerous criminal was behind the bars. The prisoner ia a smooth-faced boy of good address, and he related . a remarkably straight story. Neither the prosecuting attorney, Mr. Eichnor, Eich-nor, or the arresting officer. Sergeant Ea-linger, Ea-linger, expected a conviction, but "the court got there just the same. His attorney, when he had recovered from his surprise, asked for a suspension of sentence until the boy could procure witnesses to corroborate his story, and time was therefore given until 3 o'clock. Justice Kesler relented late in the afternoon after-noon and allowed Frankiin to go on his own recognizance, pending good behavior. Langa Plaads Guilty. Charley Langc appeared to answer the charge of assaulting and battering one of Galleazi's dogcetchers. "I plead "guilty," commenced the defendant. de-fendant. "I guess he was not badly hurt," ventured the judge. "He's a lucky man not to be hurt," exclaimed ex-claimed Lsnge, aud a cold chill introduced itself to the court's spinal column. "Um-er," croaked Kesler, as he gazed at the ex-pug's biceps, ' f 5 will about "pay the bill." ' ExitLanre and a sigh of relief from the bench at the same time. - - The Hefty Dog Case. Judge Tatlock appeared to plead the cause of Samuel Hefty, who was recently convicted of harboring a dog not possessed of a license. He said that the canine complained com-plained of was not the property of Hefty, but was owned by George B. Squires of Bingham, whom Hefty opined would pay the license fee, which he believed was all that the court could expect. Mr. Tatlock was a good cuesser, and time to pay up was given until Saturday. Other Cases. Albert Gerhard and William Ward, charged with trespass, were sent on their way rejoicing. re-joicing. Najah Sheik, an Arabian, failed to appear to plead to a charge of disturbing the peace, and his bail money, $10, was declared forfeited. for-feited. Police Pointers. The case of Charles Plane, charged with criminal assult on Aunt Fanny, an aged negress, was dismissed in the police court late yesterday afternoon and the defendant allowed to plead guilty to a charge of drunkenness. He was fined $5. Thomas Robinson swore to a complaint today to-day charging Robert Bolt with abnsjve lan. guage. The disputants are residents of the Sixteenth ward and the present case is a sequel se-quel to a s iries of quarrels which have often engaged the attention of the courts. |