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Show AS IT HAPPENS DAILY ' BEFORE JUDGE DIEHL Judge. Dlehl announced in the police court yesterday afternoon that inasmuch inas-much as the police department had announced an-nounced its determination to put a stop to the dangerous practice of riding bicycles bi-cycles on the sidewalks in the restricted restrict-ed district, he proposed to assist them. Three men who had been arrested for violating' the ordinance were allowed to go with the warning that other offenders of-fenders caught in the future would meet with a different tate. . The three men who were permitted to go were W. B. Hales, Thomas Wade and George Man-waring. Man-waring. Dolph Gilbert was charged with being drunk. Dolf failed to respond to the roll call and the $5 which he had left with the desk sergeant went to the City Treasurer. George Wright informed the court that be had not been present to answer to the charee of being drunk for nearly three months. It cost George $10 or ten days for his last offense. J. Leonard was charged with vagrancy. va-grancy. J. informed the court that he ery much desired an opportunity to leave the city. He was allowed until midnight to make gjrod on his desire. Chris Busilais was charged with violating vio-lating the linuor ordinance, in that he allowed females in his saloon after the hour prescribed by law. At the re-guest re-guest of his attorney the case was set for July 31. As it was the first time that Jos Hatch had ever faced the court on a charge of being drnnk, he was told to go forth and not come back again. Ill see that I don't, " was the remark of Joe as he left the room. . W. E. Browning was charged with fighting. W. . had left $10 with the desk sergeant, which went into the city cash box. - W. Wescott was also charged with fighting. W. said not guilty. Mr. Wes-cott Wes-cott made a defense that would have done credit to a trained lawyer, with tbe result that he was discharged. Walter McLure had never faced the court before on a charge of being drunk. Walter was allowed to go. When the case of Harry Newcomb, who was arrested early Sunday morning on a charge of assault and battery, was called, it was found that the city was still without its witnesses. The case was dismissed and the bail of $10 ordered or-dered released. Arthur Bedman, aged 19 years, and Ervin Swensen, aged 17 years, who were arrested several days ago on a charge of having sold a supposed ease of raspberries to Mrs. Minnie Leonard, but which upon investigation proved to have a few raspberries on the top of each box, the remainder being filled with red currants, were arraigned on the charge. Before either of them entered en-tered a plea, Prosecutor Daly asked that the case against 8wensen be dismissed. It was so ordered by the court. Attorney Attor-ney J. E. Darmer "entered a plea of guilty for Redman, but informed the court that there. was apparently no disposition dis-position on the part of his client to defraud anyone, as the boy had purchased pur-chased the "berries from an "honest farmer" and that if anyone was guilty it was the said farmer Young Redman Red-man was discharged. |