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Show MS IT HAPPENS DAILY BEFORE JUDGE D1EHL rv having engaged in a fight. "Are you guilty or not guilty t " inquired the court.' Williams looked at Service and Service looked at Williams. "I guess o, ' ' said Williams. "So do I," chimed in Service. "Are you guilty or not guilty I " inquired the court in a stern tone. "Yes, sir," replied both of the defendants. It cost B. and W. $5 each. William Flynn and Frank Wilson were eharged with vagrancy. They admitted ad-mitted it, but asked the court for time to ret out of town. They were given untu midnight. Frank Emerson had never faced the court before on a charge of , being drunk. Frank, however, "done it" on Sunday. That alwayscosts $5. Ignorance of the law sometimes excuses ex-cuses a boy. Bert Hamilton was charged with violating the bicycle ordinance. or-dinance. Bert said that he was guilty, but pleaded ignorance of the law and the district. He was permitted to go with a warning. M. F. Walsh had never been before the court before on the charge of being drunk. Mr. Walsh, however, made the mistake of indulging in his first drunk on the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday. G. Walters was charged with petty larceny, it being alleged that he stole a bicycle from 64 Richards street. Walters Wal-ters entered a plea of guilty, but refused re-fused to say anything in his own behalf. be-half. He was sentenced to pay a fine of $30, in default of which he will spend thirty days in the city -jail. Walters is the man who was arrested at an early hour Saturday morning by Patrnlmin J. M. Lvon. and when ' V Mike Tnnker -was charged with tres-. tres-. pass, it being alleged that he did '"sleep, walk and camp on those certain premises known at the Rio Grande depot." de-pot." j , . ' Mike said that he guessed he had. He informed the court that he wanted to ' get out of town in .fact, it was necessary neces-sary for him to leave town in order to get to" a job that was awaiting him. Mike was given until 5 p. m. - At the gait that Mike left the courtroom the job that was awaiting him was evidently evi-dently in Alaska and he wished to get to it this morning. . Jennie Steel same Jennie, same . charge $15 last time. $20 this. Jennie ' thanked the court ana sat down. It cost Fletcher McDonald $2 for riding a bicycle on the sidewalk in the restricted district. Mr. McDonald will i know better in the future. James Meagher was charged with disturbing dis-turbing the peace. It was evident from his appearance-that someone had dis-. dis-. turbed the features of James. The court thought that James had been sufficiently punished and allowed him to . J.. L. Larsen and Robert Curren were eharged with fighting. As far as could be seen, neither of them had been hurt in the melee. Their pocket, however, . was hurt, to the extent of $5 each by . ' the court. ' - As it was the first time that Roy Horton had ever faced the court on a charge of being drunk, he was discharged. dis-charged. "B. Williams and W. Sen-ice," announced an-nounced Clerk Wight. B. and W. arose from the mourners' bench and were in- 1 frtrmwl that - thv wro charfrH with searched had a large revolver in the left pocket of his coat. It is likely that he will have to face a charge of carrying a deadly concealed weapon when his present sentence is up. As it was the first appearance of J. Sims on a charge of being drunk, he was allowed to go forth with a warning warn-ing not to come back again. "Bet your life I won't," muttered Sims as he left the room. |