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Show "WHEN IS A MAN DRUNK7 Judicial authority In Topoka has ruled that a man is drunk If a policeman police-man can detect the odor of liquor on his breath. If, In addition, ho talks and laughs boisterously ho is drunk .. and disorderly and guilty of a breach of tho peace. If this standard wero applied ap-plied to tho city of Now York It Is estimated es-timated that 750,000 people would bo arrested as drunk and disorderly every day. In Chicago tho number would bo 400,000; In Philadelphia, 300,-000. 300,-000. Tho claim of the llquorltes that Topoka has a high percentago of drunkenness will not hold water or any other kind of liquid. In this connection it may bo noted that Topeka, with a population of 47,-10J, 47,-10J, has 29 policemen. Tho average for 20 American saloon-Infested cities with a population of 43,000 to 49,000 Is 4G policemen. |