Inter-Mountain Republican | 1909-02-24 | Page 10 | Hop Sing's New Year Lasts until He Gets out of Jail

Hop Iop Sings Sing's New Year Lasts Lat I Until He Gets Oat Gut of Jail Hop Sing Chinese proprietor of lodgings at nt 16 Commercial street was fine fined 60 and costs in police court yesterday esterday afternoon for selling selling- liquor without a license the tho chief witnesses 3 against him being Councilmen James G. G Murdock Murdoch W. W T H. H Ha bold and Oliver Ho Hodgson The councilmen declared declare that they entered Hop Sings Sing's s 's place at midnight ht Feb C G and were witnesses to the purchase of or a no bottlo bottle of beer A large quantity of liquor was confiscated Tho The Chinaman's defense was peculiar pe peculiar peculiar pe- pe culiar inasmuch as ho pleaded that he was engaged In celebrating the Chinese New Year which according to Hop Is one feature In pIcturesque picturesque pic pie i inebriation missed b by the American whose New Year Day Is short Hop HoJ Sing Sin declared through an Interpreter that the Chinese New Year time lasted ns nM lon long as the liquor held out but that under existing exIsting- circumstances cir clr- his celebration of or the rg 91 great holiday wo cease his release rc- rc lease from Crom 1 Two other China China- men testified t to Hop Hap Sin Sings Sing's s 's good reputation reputation rep rep- since coming to Salt Lake Lalee eleven cleven years t Robert lUtse of or nineteen who on ozi his had hid absorbed absorbed ab ab- ab- ab fifteen drinks last Sunday evenIng evening even even- ing Ing- and som h somewhere re between the seventh sev sev- ev- ev and dri had engaged eng 1 In a Ll wordy W. W L. L Burrand Burrand Burrand Bur- Bur rand proprietor offa rIo pool room at 37 South Vest West street was as or ordered to pay a line of or using using- abusive abusive- language g d j The cases eases of or Charles Nelson and Albert Davis clu rg f d' with petit larcen larceny larceny lar lar- cen ceny the being the stealing of COi ecal hi J J. J P P. lnor Gi I South Main street l. l were continued until this ar ct J J 1 he oo s ed cd not guilt l vas forfeited In Inthe Inthe Inthe the cases of or ns Cl ds Nelson kelson Raymond Johnson Ch les Castle and E E. E J Davis charged charge with rith disturbing the tho peace M