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Show MILICTM SCHEFFLER Three cases of a serious nature came up before Judge Reoder this morning in the police court. The first was the State agalnBt C H Denning Den-ning charged with burglary' The defendant de-fendant waived pre'iminary hearing and was bound over to the district court, under 1600 lond6. Denning is the man who, if is charged, entered the home of James Draney on Grant avenue, on the night of October 10th. His ease bad been carried over from October 28. William Scheffler, the shooting gallery proprietor, charged with carrying car-rying concealed weapons, whose case was taken under advisement yesterday yester-day morning, was given a sentence of one hundred days or $100 The third case was against J D Lemmon a colored man. who was arrested ar-rested last night ou a charge of disturbing dis-turbing the peace Lemmon pleaded "not guilty" and the case proceeded with the prosecution being in the hands of AsslsLint City Attorney John E Heywood. who took up his duties again this morning, after an absence of a week from the city The complaining witnesses were Charles Reiliy, Elmer Hanson and George Pappas. the latter being a Greek With corroborative testimony, they said that Lemmon had been following follow-ing them and making Improper pro-ddaalfl pro-ddaalfl to them. Each witness was questioned by the defendant as to the time when ther said that he had accosted them and stoutly held to their testimony The n gro, in his statement, tried to prove an alibi, but entangled himself him-self during examination by the assistant as-sistant city attornev and the judge At the conclusion of 'he case. Lemmon Lem-mon was handed a good big namesake name-sake in tho shape of a six months' sentence. Franklin Wllkins forfeited $5 ball in lieu of his appearance on the charge of drunkenness John Cavan-augh Cavan-augh went under a suspended sentence, sen-tence, under the same charge S. B. Dykeman. booked as helplessly helpless-ly drunk, said that he had taken some whiskey and he guessed that any man could get drunk on that. He bad not disturbed anyone, however, and he was sent on hK way with a promise of being harshly dealt with, if he returned. George Brown, drunk, said that he had underestimated the strength of the "stuff" and that the condition I he was found Id was thus due to an accident The judge Inferred that he had over estimated h'n capacity, but finally let him go under a sus- pended sentence. no |