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Show MANY A TALE OF WOE IS RELATED Monday morning Is always a busy morning for the police judge, but the docket this morning was heavier than usual. There were the customary known faces as well as some strange ones among the group of petty offenders. of-fenders. John Chipp Is such a regular patron of the police court that tho officers aro surprised if he Is not an occupant of the mourners' bench at least once a week. He was present to answer to the charge of drunkenness to which he pleaded guilty. He offered no ex-cuso ex-cuso other than that ho could not resist re-sist the temptation to drink to excess whenever he gets a little money. Chipp spends half his time working for the city and tho other half working for enough money to got hack Into jail. He was given ten days this time by Judge Reeder. After securing a suspended sentenco in police court Saturday morning John Parry, at 8 o'clock that same evening, was found asleep on the steps of the First National bank. He delivered a lengthy oration but it availed him nothing for ho received $5 or five days. Thomas Randolph was charged with vagrancy and he pleaded not guilty to tho charge, stating that he was drunk whon arrested, but he was no vagrant. The arresting officer, however, how-ever, stated that Thomas was busily engaged in the gentle an. of "working" for a dime or more every person who passed him on tho street. One kind gentleman took" pity on the man and offered to buy him a supper, but his kindness was met with the cold statement state-ment that money and not food was wanted. He drew five days from the judge, "I've seen places I like bettor," said James Johnson, an old offender, when asked how ho liked Jail, "and If you give me one more chanco I'll get out of town," He was given a suspended sentence and tho police aro hoping that they will not see him "Inside of a hundred years," as the prisoner expressed, ex-pressed, it. Clarence Stuart confenscd that ho was a drlnkman man and had been a heavy drinker all his life, but stated that he had never been before a Judge before. Upon condition that ho try to reform Judge Reeder suspended his sentence but promised him that he would deal harshly with him it ho la arrested for the same offense within a period of six months. Harry Martin pleaded not guilty to the charge of riding a motor-cycle at an excessive rate of speed and his case was set for tomorrow morning, when the arresting officer, James Hearn, can be in court as tho complaining com-plaining witness. The case of A, J. Korshaw, A, W. Kershaw and Andrew B. "White, charg- J ed with disturbing the poaco by fight- I Ing, was Got for tomorrow morning, when tho arresting officers can bo present. According to the different stories told, the Kershaw brothers went into the waffle house on Grant avenue at l:3u o'clock Sunday morning morn-ing and refused to pay for a meal thev had eaten. White, who has charge of the place, proceeded to collect col-lect from the men by force with the lesult that all three were arrested. George Allcck forfeited $5 ball when he failed to appear to answer to the charge of drunkenness. " |