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Show Expensive Meals. Nick Jones and Jsxk Fa', alias John McTtar, were before Justice Laney today, on the charge of obtaining ob-taining raraU under faLc pretenses, at the Tivoll rcstsunuit opposite tiie Walker HotisC.AS delWoped at the trial, thef tecs of the case are these: That "Fat," alias Mcltae.went, in comiauy with Jones, to the eating house mentioned, lost evening, at the lalter's felicitation, and that Jones ordered the meal', and, after having oaten, Informed the clerk that he had no money. Mcltae was III the same condition condi-tion os Jones, financially , so they were both detained until an officer was sent from the City Hall toartest them. The ciiargo against Mcltae, was dismissed, bat on being svarcheil, there was found a silver table fork, concealed In his ilothes stolen from the restaurant to which lie whs Jones' Invited guc-"t, so lie wai sent back to jail to await trial for I tit larceny. Jones was sentenced sen-tenced to ten days at hard labor, aud seemed to sense keenly the wrong he liad commuted, and left thec-outt room muttering, "the way of the tr-in-gresslon is certainly hard." |
