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Show HS IT HAPPENS DAILY BEFORE JUDGE DIEHL ness being his 'wife. Charles asVed until un-til this afternoon in whloh to enter his plea. i S. H. Dewoodey was als' charged with I assault and battery, his wife having made. the complaint. S. H. bad forfeited $20 for the offense the day before and had been brought in on a bench warrant. When bis name was called S. II. failed to responl and another $20 which be had left with the desk sergeant was dorlared forfeited. . A few minutes later Dewoodey entered tbe room and asked that tha forfeiture be set aside. It was so ordered and S. H entered a plea of not guilty to the charge. -The case will be beard this afternooa. George Cooper was tbe first nanio an-noenced an-noenced by Clerk Wight in tha Police court yesterday afternoon. Cooper was charged with cruelty to anima;s. When tho name was called there was no re-spoi.fe re-spoi.fe and the ball of $10 was declared forfeited. Later Cooper came In and explained ex-plained that he had been delayed because a street car was not on time. The forfeiture forfeit-ure of the ' bail was set aside and Cooper entered a plea of guilty of driving a lame horse, though he did not think the horse was very lame the day on which he was arrested, nor was he a bit lame at tbe time of the trial. The court took a different view of the matter and fined Mr. Cooper $5, which amount was promptly paid. get a lot of nice fresh air walking between be-tween here and some other place," remarked re-marked the court. "If I go I will come back," remarked the defendant. At this point the court asked tbe de-fendant de-fendant if he had ever had any mental trouble. The defendant replied that he had never bad any that he could remember. remem-ber. "I guess that I can leave town If you say so. but I'll come back ajain." remarked re-marked Wilson. "You can take your choice either leave town or go to Jail," remarked the court. "Well, if I leave town, won't the city give me money enough to pay my railroad rail-road fare to where I want to go?" inquired in-quired -the defendant. . "It certainly will not," remarked the court. "You will be given until midnight in which to leave tho city. If you are found in the city aftsr that hour you will be sentenced on a cnarga of vagrancy, to which you have entered a plea of gu'liy "Oh. well, I'll go. but I'll be back again." remarked Wilson as he left the courtroom. e Harold Hum had i slated tl.e b!cycle ordinance. It cost Harold 1 A. B. Wilson was charged with vagrancy. A. B. entered a plea of guilty to the charge. Later, after the complaint had been explained to him, A. B. changed his plea from not guilty to that of gu'ity. And then Wilson started to explain things 'to the court and the court in turn tried to explain the law and its meaning to Wilson. Wil-son. A. B. explained to tbe court that he had been working as a cook In a restaurant, restau-rant, but that be could not stanl the beat and so quit his Job. "Do you want to leave town?" Irquired the court. "No, I don't think I do." replied the defendant, de-fendant, v "You will have to ?o to work, leave town or go to Jail," remarked tbe cobrt. "If you can't stand the heat In a kitchen there is pledty of other wortc that you may go to." Wilson Informed the court that eight hours' work a day was not good for his health and that he could not stand tbe heat of a kitchen. "I need a lot of fresh air," remarked tbe defendants "You will be gives an opportunity to John Porter, ssme offense, same amount. . e e L. Mannlgn had never faced the. court before on a charge of being drunk. Man- i nlng was allowed to ramble. '"J. Gillett," announced Clerk Wight. J. was charged with being drunk. "Are you guilty or not guilty? inquired the' court. "I don't know if I be guilty or not guilty." said Gillett In broad Welsh. As it wss the first time. Gillett was allowed to go forth. e Charles Townsend was charged with assault as-sault and battery, i3e complaining wlt- |