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Show TEN DAYS FOR MR. JAMES JOHNSON j When Jamos Jahnsop appeared before be-fore Judge Reoder this morning: on the charge of drunkenness it made the third tune he had beon jn court ion tho same charge within a period of eight days. Ho was released from jail yesterday yester-day morning and was baok within two hours AVhen asked to plead this morning he entered a plea of not guilty According to Johnson, he was not drunk, but was only suffering one of hlB periodical fits. He could not, rll''ix. Jir. - however, explain tho strong odor ot 1 alcohol that emanated from his help-Ipbs help-Ipbs perHon when he waH dragged Into ' Jail yesterday morning. He was glv- -, en a sentence of ten days. Thomas Finn was the lucky one today j and got n suspended sentence. He ; was arrested for begging nnd admitted admit-ted his guilt this morning:. According Accord-ing to his story, he had come in from Ely and was broke. He Is a miner, I and becoming hungry naked a man who had told him he was a striker from Ely for enough to buy some supper. sup-per. Instead of giving him money j the supposed striker had him arrest- ed for begging. , |