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Show LENIENT BECAUSE OF CHRISTMAS TIA1E William H. Dean has reason to thank his lucky stars that this is the happy yuletlde. He was arraigned in Police court Thursday afternoon on a charge of being drunk, and pleaded guilty. In passing sentence upon him. Judge Diehl scored him. He said: "You are becoming a common nuisance, and an habitual drunkard. It is stated that you, an expressman, leave your horse standing out of doors all night, or until 2 or 3 o'clock in the morning during the cold weather, without a blanket. While your horse, which helps you to make your living, is suffering for shelter, you spend your time in saloons, drinking and carousing. ca-rousing. I think that the light thing to do with you would be to swear out a complaint agalnpt you on a charge of cruelty to animals. "It is nearly Christmas time now, and I do not want to keep you in Jail over Christmas. It is, perhaps, a good thing for you that this is the case or you would get a much heavier sentence. The sentence sen-tence of the court is that you pay a fine of 13 or serve three days, in Jail." |