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Show MANY CASES HANDLED IN THE POLICE COURT Forty-four cases were handled in the police court yesterday by Judge N. H. Tanner In an effort to relieve tho court calendar of congestion. Tn all, nineteen cases were disposed of, threo reset and tho remainder continued for trial. Only one conviction resulted from the two hours' courtroom grind Numerous offenders of-fenders In a class with those charged with intoxication were told to go and to take caro that they should not come again before tho court. One man charged with violating the sanitary ordinance was given a chance to clean up hi3 yard. Only by tho practice of suspending sentence sen-tence In minor cases Is It posslblo to avoid piling up of cases on tho court blotter, according to Judge Tanner. |