Ogden Evening Standard | 1912-12-09 | Page 7 | Lid Not Kept down on a Sunday

LID NOT KEPT DOWN ON A SUNDAY That tho lid" is not soldered down very Ught in Ogden on Sunday was made evident by some of the stories told by tho prisoners who faced Judgo W. H. Reefer In police court this morning. Tom Lemmo said ho was not acquainted ac-quainted in Ogden, so when he wanted a drink yesterday ho found it necesr sary to send a ffiend for somo whiskey. whis-key. Ills friend evidently was successful suc-cessful in his search, for Lemme admitted ad-mitted that ho contracted a good sized "Jag," with the result that ho was arrested. ar-rested. Ho asked for leniency because be-cause he said he had not been arrested ar-rested for drunkenness for nine years and In addition he had a family to support In Oklahoma. Judge Reeder stated that, although ho wbb usually hard on "Sunday drunks," he would suspend sentence on condition that Uie man behave himBolf in tho future. T J. Macken was arrested at the same time and a charge of drunkenness drunken-ness was placed against him also. Macken stated that ho too, unfortunately, unfortun-ately, was not acquainted with the open spots on the Sabbath and his refreshment was secured through influential in-fluential friends As it was his first offense, and had bothered no one by his actions, sentenco was suspended by tho judge