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Show THE Judgo took a look At Jim Hamilton, cook. And 3oJd: "So you're up here again I A short time ago You got five days or so, And this time the court makes It ten." It wa3 not tho fault of John J. Smith that ho wan not convicted of tho. larceny of a bicycle. Ho did all that he could to make out a case against himself. He took tho wheel from behind the bur at the Continental Con-tinental saloon and gave It to William WllllamB, telling Williams to pawn it for Jo. Williams was trying to follow instructions in-structions when a pollconan became Interested In-terested In his efforts and asked a fow questions. Williams told who had given him tho wheel und Smith was taken Into custody. HJs first story wob that tho bicycle bi-cycle belongod to his sister and that oho had given It to him to sell or pawn. He gave what purported to be hl3 sister's addrcBs on Seventh South street and an officer was directed to co to the number. Smith then weakened and admitted that lie hod been lying about tho olBter. He said the wheel really belonged to a young lady who lived near thu fair irrounds. Thcso facts wero brought out In Police court yesterday afternoon and Miss Pearl Curtis testified that tho wheeel belonged to Bertha Madson. "That Is tho city's case," said tho prosecutor. pros-ecutor. "And do you ask for a conviction on that ovldcnco?" Inquired tho court. "No, your Honor, wo do not," said Mr. Wllloy. "The defendant Is found not guilty and discharged," ruled tho court. Ed O'Neill, who smoked tho hop In Sam Toooy's opium shop, Was In court to hear his sontence road. "You are yot a boy. I aco And your mother's ben to mo. So I will bo kind to you," his Honor said, "S'le has told mc you will go Where tho pigs and lucerno grow. To a place fwhero you will be securo from harm; j And down thoro you will, I hope, i Soon forgot this Chinese dope I As you dip the spuds and beets down on the farm." , l Judgo Dlchl expressed his regret that ho was unablo to send Louise Davis, nn-other nn-other lnaiate of the hop Joint, to the reform re-form school. As she has been married sho Is Ineligible to that Institution. This Is the second time within a week that she has been nrrestcd In an onlum den and his Honor sentenced her to twenty-five days In Jail. She Is barely 18 years of age. Ono of her associates said that she smoked six opium pills the first time sho "hit the pipe," an achievement which is regarded as something remarkable in experienced ex-perienced circles. Another hop fiend named James Ray Promised tho court to co 'way. Said the Judgo. 'You'll receive Juat twelve hours to lcavo And you know what you'll got If you nay." Sam Toocy, the Chinaman who was fined $150 In Judgo Dlehl's court for conducting con-ducting an opium den, has perfected an appeal to the District court. "J sayed that aian's llfo tho othor day, though' he probably does not know It," remarked re-marked Judge Dlhl, as Jim Hamilton waa taken out to begin his ten-day term for drunkenness, "You must have It In for tho police department," de-partment," observed ono of tho officers. "It happened this way," continued hla Honor. "I was going down State street and I saw Hamilton a llttlo way up nn alley with his back against the wall. There was a largo pool of water several Inches deep, closo In front of him. Hamilton Ham-ilton was so drunk that ho could not havo taken a stop for a thousand dollars. HIb I body was weaving backward and forward, going lower each llmo and his face getting closer to tho water It was only a matter of a short time till ho would have pitched headforemost Into the pond and been drowned. I called a policeman and had him taken care of. I don't claim any special credit, but I really think I saved the :n an's life " |