Ogden Sun | 1905-07-11 | Page 5 | She Was Not Awfully Drunk

SHE WAS HOT AWFULLY DRUNK police reporter gets enlightened in court five violators of the ordinance relating to the riding of bicycles on tha sidewalks were arrested yesterday of the five three showed upa in court this morning the other two forfeiting their bond of the three in court two were assessed one dollar each while the other was transferred to the juvenile court ho being under eighteen years of age lottie wright was accused of being drunk when the clerk read the charge bhe thought that he said antul ly drunk instead of unlawfully drunk no sir I 1 was not awfully drunk she said but I 1 was drunk this reply served the purpose and she was assessed the usual 5 this attempt at a defining of the comparative para tive degrees of drunkenness caused the reporter to ask an of judge murphys Murp hys court whether there was any difference in being drunk or awfully drunk and he answered in the affirmative saying the court recognizes a mild dalliance with intoxicating beverages but beyond that comes the superlative degree this was illuminating although dalliance conveys the idea that even a furtive glance at the tempting liquor borders anthe realm of exhilaration and intoxication