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Show DISCUSSED GEOGRAPHY Ignorance of Michigan; Cost Shannon a Hard- Earned $S. ... Koran and Shannon were, crestfallen when they met in Police court yesterday. Hogan and Shannon felt ashamed of themselves. Shannon could not ren ember what he was ashamed of,, but he knew he had done something wrong and had been '-pinched" for it. . ' The complaints were read. Both pleaded plead-ed guilty of having been drunk. Shannon pleaded guilty of fighting, but Hogan contended con-tended that he had had no fighting in his. "Yes see, yer 'Anner, It wus this here way. Ol wus a goln' to me room an' Shannon wanted me to go. to. his room. 01 didn't want to go to Shannon's room, because' Oi had a room av me own. "Ol wouldn't go to Shannon's room, an' whin Ol rayfused, Shannon up an' pasted me wan. harrud punch in me stummlck an' 01 hit him back, yer 'Anner, all In sllfodeflnse, as yer 'Anner would 'ave done yernllf." - "What about this. Shannon r asked the court. "Oi don't raymimber win thing about It, at aH. at all. yer 'Anner." said Shannon. "Ol guess Ol am guilty If Hogan ses Oi am, fer Hogan's a man av his worrud." "What was the trouble about?" asked the court. "Yes see, eor," said Hoiran. "it wus this here way. We had -bin drrinkln' some' at, an' we fell to dlscussln' th' g'oarafy av Michigan. 6hannon ses. ses he, that Michigan wus surrounded by Lake Supe- rior, Oi wus not so drunk as he might 'av been, an' Ol ses that It wasn't an oiland an' niver would be so long as they had big forests av timber on the neck of the pentnsulate. Thin Shannon got warrum under the collar an' we got to quarreltn' about me a goln' up to his room when Oi didn't want to because Oi had a room av me own." Hogan was found not guilty of fighting and was discharged. He was also discharged dis-charged on the drunk charge. - Shannon - waa - discharged, for being drunk, but his Ignorance of the geography of Michigan, and his conviction of fighting fight-ing cost him $6. |