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Show Dope Prom the Police Court; 1 - - 1 The afternoon session of the police court was devoted almost entirely to the Jury trial of Jinny V. Spears, charged Willi petit larceny. Attorney C. li. Dk-hl was counsel for the defense. It was nl-lefred nl-lefred lhat Spears stole a gold-filled watch, valued at 10. from the jewelry establishment estab-lishment of O. H. Knickerbocker. 113 South Main street, and lhat the defendant defend-ant afterward pawned the watch for 5:;.fi0, When placed upon the witness stand, Spears lest Hied that he hnd been given the watch by a roommatu named ' Houston, who Is now out .of the state. Various witnesses for both sides of the ease wero heard. The case was closed for both sides at about fi::io o'clock. The Jury disagreed and continued to disagree until they were dismissed by Judge Bowman, Bow-man, and tho case was continued, the date for the next trial not having been set. i Christina lloniplficisli, charged with battery upon the person of Mrs. Mary Rudy, entered a plea of not gullly. anil the case was continued, the date of trial not having been set. The arrest was the climax of a family ojiarrel, and. as is usually the case in such proceedings, will in all probability bo settled by tho disagreeing dis-agreeing parties before It comes to trial. U Of Gladys C'nrmloy. of local fame around tho courtroom, was bofori! tho court on the charge of petit larceny. It being alleged, al-leged, that she entered a rooming house In the western part of tho city and asked that, she might bo allowed to vtelt the room in which her mother had died. Her wish was gratified and when she left th. house, it is said that she carried away a silver .havlm; mug and other gentlemen's gentle-men's toilet articles as a keepsake. "Are you guilty or not guilty?" asked the judge. "Vou bet your life I am not guilty," replied Gladys. After she had reconsidered the matter, i she approached the bench and said: i "I guess I'm accused, ain't I? Well, I'll plead guilty ami I'll .stand a chance of getting off easier, won't 1?" After a sentence of K'O days was Imposed, Im-posed, she exclaimed: "If I behave myself I'll get out some quicker, won't 1?" At various times she has turned up at tho pollen station dining the earlv hours of the morning and a.sked for a bed. which has bee.n given her. She told the judge that on such occasions she had always had plenty of monev in her pocket, but could not find a place to sleep. About a week ago she was before be-fore the court on th charge of drunkenness drunken-ness and was given a floater. - James Burns, charged with petit larceny, lar-ceny, pleaded guilty ami a sentence of thirty days was imposed. |