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Show BEGGAR GIVEN 27 DAYS IN PRISON George Tracy, the man arrested fori mendicancy a few days ago, asked for a jury trfal and secured It, and when found guilty by the Jury was given a sentence of 27 days by Judge W. H. Reeder. The sentence was 10 days, or $10 with costs, and the costs aggregated ag-gregated $17. The testimony of the arresting officers of-ficers brought out the fact that Tracy Tra-cy had been canvassing the residence districts, begging for food or money, and that he was auuslve to those who refused him. Tracy said he had arrived in Oe-den Oe-den with $4 as his total wenlth, and spent three of these "simoleons" for whisky, cigars, candy, fruit, and had treated the girls of a confectioner establishment to soua water. After this spending debauch he found that he had $1 left and decided to sao this for emergencies. Then to secure his meals,, he began to canvass the houses on Jcfferaon avenuo between Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh streets. He visited 22 places, according accord-ing to his testimony, and was unsuccessful unsuc-cessful in securing food When he arrived at the twent -third house he was In no pleasan' frame of mind, and even though at this place he secured two slices of toast, an egg and some coffee, he thought ill of the donor because he was not Invited into the house to eat. He Was arrested when he came from this place. While giving his testimony he referred re-ferred to social conditions so bitterly bitter-ly and expressed a "down-with-eiery-tbing" attitude on the world in general, gener-al, that led the court to believe he was an anarchiBt |