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Show Dope Prom the Police Court AVhcn Jude Bowman opened police court Wednesday afternoon, the usual number of c.'ises charged with plain drunkenness and vagrancy appeared on the docket. A Japanese. K. Kanaka, had been drunk and told the court so. He wa an awful looking sight.' Sonic one had apparently, been using his head for a football, and Judge Bowman thought lie had been punished enough. He was allowed al-lowed to go and told to be more careful in the future. All of the rest of the plain drunks and the vags were told lo go. The case "of "LI 1 1 In Dit." was "then called and II was learned that "Little Bit," who Is a ncgress in the city jail addicted to the drug habit, was Indisposed, so her caso was continued Indellnltely. 4- 12. Glazier was sentenced to pay a fine of $10. Glazier, who Is a special policeman police-man nt tin; Saltair depot, bad gotten into an argument with J. II. Lester on August H and hnd struck Lester over the head with a club. Lester objected to being treated In that manner right In front of ills front stoop he Is a storekeeper and had Glitzier arrested. When Peter Alexander, a negro, charged with having battered the pprson of an old man named Anton' Grosky. entered the court, someone remarked In a sotto voice that coal would make a white mark on Alexander's face. Judge Bowmnn rapped for order. The merriment broke loose itgaln when Alexander testified that the old man had struck him. and with such force that he was given a black eye. Even Judge Bowman smiled and forgot" to rap for order. The l rouble arose between the parties during G. A. R. encampment weelc. Grosky claims to have been robbed by u negress. and also says that when he followed the woman to Second South and Commercial street. Alexander ruslu-d up and assaulted him In order to allow the woman lo escape. Patrolman Burton testified that he hud seen Alexander strike the old man and knoek him to the ground. Judge Bowman took the matter of passing sentence In the case under advisement until Thursday. . K Theodore Harris, charged with tho battery bat-tery of the person of H. X. Anderson, pleaded not guilty to the charge and Informed In-formed the court thafhe would defend his own case. That ho did defend his own case, and in a. manner which made a few of the police court lawyers sit up and take ;mtlce, was the opinion of the majority ma-jority in the courtroom. Tho testimony In the case tended to show that both Harris Har-ris and Anderson were engaged In the art of self-defense, though it appeared that Harris was ducking a stone and tlmt Anderson was flourishing a beer bottle. Tho altercation" took place nt the Salt palace, and although all of the witnesses wit-nesses were arrayed against Harris with their testimony, lie succeeded in tangling them up to such an extent that Judge Bowman discharged both the batterer and the butteree, with the admonition that they must love one another until September Sep-tember 15. ' a. tr Tl. Bradley, who stated on the witness stand that he was the superintendent of the Kennedy Construction company, was found guilty of resisting an officer who had arrested him for obstructing the streets. From the testimony In the case It appeared that Bradley had loaned a friend his automobile and the friend had left the machine standing in front of the Salt Lake Security and Trust company building, on Main street. Patrolman Lyon happened along and when he saw the machine near the curb be went in search of the owner. It appeared that the police department had Issued orders to have Main street cleared for the parade of the living Mag on the night or August I I. The patrolman found Bradley in a nearby saloonmd, taking him to the automobile, requested him to remove It. He refused and was thereupon arrested After finding Bradley guilty of the charge, Judge Bowman told him he would discharge dis-charge him. hut advised that he be more careful In following out the orders of the police officers in the future. |