Show D HLHL BEFORE S BAR I James Daughterly an old offender pleaded guilty to the charge of vagrancy because he knew the court WIg next and It would do no good to plead otherwise other-wise wiseHow How long have you benn rut of jail was the olfhand query put by Judge Diehl as a way of opening the argument About two weeks replied Dougherty What haxo you been doing Ive been doing the best 1 could What I moan Is have you been employed em-ployed anywhere Z Well 1 was down to Murray looking around but I didnt really do anything Doughertys horizon for looking around Is now limited to the confines ota ot-a cPil In the city jail where lie will do sixty days time Co James C McDonald charged with drunkenness displayed an Ignorance of coin proceedings which did much to sustain sus-tain his claim that he had never been there before Guilty or not guilty 1t asked the court 1 don t think I was drunk 1 was never drunk before and Ive lived In Snit Lake a rood many years I Do you plead guilty or not guilty I couldnt have been drunk 1 didnt take Do you want to plead not guilty Yes I alnt guilty V of anything I just Arc you ready for trial No 1 dont want to bu tried I aint don nothing onlyto nut you arc charged here with being drunk said thc judge who was beginning begin-ning to lose patience you have pleaded not guilty now are yon ready to be tried V 1 dont know what you want to try me Jar 1 don t deny that I had a few drinks In me an 1 was talkln to sumo newsboys Do you plead guilty then 401 was never arrested before In my whole life Its the Host time 1 ever Vcre you drunk Well if you call taking two drinks bclnc drunk why 1 spose Discharged almost yelled the Judge And McDonald shot out or the room e a Evan Davis had been abegglng Just for a handout or a drink But solemnly swore he nevermore would Repeat the offense he didnt think Just came down from Bingham Junction To get a line on ways of Zion Fell mong thieves lost clothes and money Declared by faith he wasnt yin Might have used some words sulphuric when blokes declined to ante uv But that was cause of too much bug Juice Whlch all Is true or Im a pup Ill take your word the Judge re sponded And hold you not a common vag But will give you a tenn In the city lockU Because of your selfadmitted jag a s a John Bull didnt look the part when he answered to the name and the charge of drunkenness He was short of staturo and very thin He had a shamefaced look and a crop 01 barbwire whiskers through which the word guilty seemed to per colate In hesitating fragments vhen were you last sentenced asked the court Bout twelve days aro1 How long have you been out Iwo days Twenty days And John Dull faded down thc chute |