Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1927-12-02 | Page 1 | Bootleggers Get His Coin, Court Learns

BOOTLEGGERS GET HIS COIN COURT LEARNS Hard To Keep Away A way From Booze Here Herc Laborer Says John Robinson 68 6 years of ot age agea a n. laborer has been In the habit o ot of renting a II room and spending th the winter In Ogden for tor many years hut this Is the first time ho he ha has found so 80 many man bootleggers here her that he has been unable to kee keep sober he declared In police cour court today when he ho pleaded guilty fo for tor forthe I Ithe the seventh time In two months month to a A. charge charSe of ot being drunk How much money have yo you OU left 7 Judge John A A. Hendricks asked him Well ell I had six months' months wages wage about when when I came In he replied and Ive I've only a few dollars left lett Robinson said his room was as paid pal for until lato late In January Jl but outside out out- outside side of ot that hat the bootleggers have hav out out-I got cot the most of ot it itI I I didn't even buy me a new stew sul suit of ot clothes he ho added Robinson said he had labored hard all his life not having a pro pro- profession profession and that he guessed h he would n have to go out and loo look for tor another Job as a teamster now that his money is gone goneI goneI goneI I cant can't stay sober ober here he con con- It seems like everyone I meet has a bottle bottlo and offers otters me a drink The Tho bootleggers get you drunk I and take your money the judge Judg i asked Yes that's what they do h he I replied