Show JWD6E trPVONY ft TINEfi Ignorance of the law Is no excuse for a violation of it as every man who has arrived at the age of discretion and reads the papers Is supposed to know what laws are passed for the benellt of the public but really In thin case I am inclined to believe that you should have the benefit of the doubt The bicycle ordinance hau been handled so much of late that it would puzzle even a Phila delphia lawyer to keep I track of It This was the remark made by Judge TImmony yesterday to John Peterson who was taken in by Officer Davies for riding on the sidewalk on Second South between Fifth and Sixth East streets Peterson protested that he had an Idea I that the old law had been abolished and that he had a right to ride any where and at any time I Well you havent remarked the Judge and you might Just as well un derstand it The old law Is I still In force and it must bd obeyed I hope the morning papers will again call at tention to this fact cvcin though they have done so many times already For the reason I say that the law has been Juggled with so much and for that rca son only you will be allowed to go but prosecutions will follow from now lon whenever an arrest Is made I Mr Peterson expressed his thanks I and departed a A C Post had caused the arrest of Joseph Henderson who drives a ped dlers wagon because Henderson had trespassed upon the strip along the streetcar track which Is alleged to be reserved for bicyclists Henderson admitted that he had been close to the car track but alleged that OB the offense had occurred In Canyon road he could not do otherwise than trespass because the load was so narrow nar-row He further said that Post had alighted from his wheel and stood be fore his horse at the same time order I lag him to get out ot the way This he refused to do but the bicyclist held his own for a time and then retreated after af-ter the defendant had been advised by a friend to drive the blooming wagon over him Mr Post did l not deny the evidence of the defendant and Judge TImmony discharged dis-charged Henderson with the remark that It was evidently another case of much ado about nothing John Smithy sixteen years of age who has a record in the reform chool was before the court again yesterday on the charge of stealing and he was I accompanied by l Tom Blown and Eli Webb It was alleged that the trio had Mlolen about 150 pounds of brass cop I per and other metals from the Oregon Short Line company Smithy said he never look that much at least so far as weight Is concerned and the other two lads pleaded guilty At the suggestion of Diehl the case wont over until today as he said there 1 were reasons to believe that persons older than the lads who were before the court might be connected with the crime and he wanted to give the police a chance to make a hot pursuit The trio will be remanded remarked re-marked the Judge until 2 oclock tomorrow to-morrow but so far as Smithy Is concerned con-cerned I do not know that It will be necessary to try him as he will proba bly go back to Ogden SmIthy is out on parole from the re form school for several weeks pending good behavior but he has forfeited all rights to leniency and will undoubtedly be returned to his Ogden home today a Frank Ferguson was large In frame tall of stature grimy of face ns though he had Just emerged from a coal hole He was Koodnatured however and the latter virtue on the part of a defendant in the Police court covers a multitude of sins Frank wiped his grimy sleeve on his grimy face as he stood up I expect Judge he said that I I shall have to plead guilty You see It was this way There was some friends of mine who came to town I never drink much anyway and they asked me to go out so out I goes with them I suppose if we had stuck to the ordinary ordi-nary drink we would have been all right But we drank champagne your Honorreal champagne and then well after a few drinks well I suppose the officers did the rest But you are sure It was champagne Certain they paid for it Well you had better go home and forget all about itS It-S S S Eph Kelly 1 30 Then the docket ended H |