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Show BEF0RE Throo more sidewalk drlvors Harry Hunter, Goorgo Summerhays and Charlco Protestant appeared in Judge Dlchl's court yesterday, and, after making various long pleas of hard luck, admitted their guilt. "The law must bo enforced," said tho Judge, nnd therewith Imposed tho customary cus-tomary flno of J2. John Eron, charged with vagrancy, was tho next ono on tho docket. "Ho Is a regular old bum. He won't work nt all," exclaimed Officer Slogfus. "Why, you aro an old-timer." said tho Judgo after taking tak-ing a squaro look at tho follow. "Yes," muttered Eron, "but I havo been up in Ogden for awhile." "Forty daya on tho bone pile will put you In shapo again," said the Judgo. Eron smiled-as of old, and dropped back In his scat. "I am In Utah for tho benollt of my health," said Duncan McNaughton, when asWd If ho was guilty of vagracy. "I was formerly a school toachcr (you would nov-or nov-or havo known It If he hadn't said so) but slnco having become afflicted with ccro-bralls ccro-bralls caputls I havo been compelled to discontinue my profession." "But what Is your profession now?" asked tho Judge, "and whero do you got your living now?" Perhaps the Judgo expected the defendant to snv that ho was livlnr on his Income. but tho "professor of vagabondla" desired to put It Just a little dlfTeront. "You soo," said McNaughton, "I had 525 whon I carao to your State, and made 31 y homo at tho American hotel. It costs me from 1 to G cents for a meal, 10 cents for a bed If 1 cccupy It alone, and C If I go In shares with my friend. Bo you see my dally expenses ex-penses are email (hero ho stoppod to figure fig-ure up his weekly oxpenses) you seo my monthly oxpensos would be well I can llvo a year on about" "The prisoner Is excused," ex-cused," exclai.-ncd tho baffled Judge. Teto Carden, a miner, admitted that ho was In Salt Lako on his quarterly drunk, but explained that ho wasn't so drunk that he couldn't walk. "Yes," Interrupted Officer Slegfus, "if you glvo him tho sidewalk side-walk and half the road to walk on." Tho Judge gave him flvo days to sober up on. Sadlo Moses, not one of tho trlbo of Israel, Is-rael, but a Commercial street donlzcn, admitted ad-mitted that sho was guilty of disturbing tho peaco and was flnod 55. James Hamilton, another old-timer, admitted ad-mitted having begged enough monoy to Ket on a holiday spree. Tho court gavo him ilfteen days. In which timo he was advised ad-vised to forget tho ono and get rid of tho other disease. George Davis, charged with engaging in a one-elded pugilistic contest with an old man named Rlgglta, proved that he had only acted in self-defense. Tho court ruled that a man was Justlllcd in protecting himself from being choked, and dismissed tho defendant. The cases against Fred Chrlstenscn of tho Denmark saloon and S. Nelson of tho State street saloon, charged with unlawfully unlaw-fully running slot machines, were postponed post-poned until Monday, tho defendants do-siring do-siring timo to procure counsel. "Do you plead guilty or not guilty to tho charge of b teal Ins half a mutton?" asked tho court. "Your Honor," said Sparks, "I don't know whether I ought to plead guilty or not. For tho first timo In my life I waa so drunk that I couldn't 300 what I was doing." Officer Johnson protested, saying: say-ing: "Ho could see that It was to his own Interest to try aud run away from mo." Tho evidence was against tho prisonor and tho court gavo him thirty days on tho Btrcngth of his previous bad record. |