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Show UNBALANCED Mill i TALKING HUMOR IN CUT There was quite an array of bench warmers In the police court this morning, both out.slde and lnsido the rail. The first offender up was Barney VtSperrlt, charged with disturbing the peace. His cane was continued from Saturday The testimony of the arresting officer tended to show that the man was unbalanced and. after listening to a burst of oratory from the accused in which ho referred to a line" of illustrious ancestors and to his personal manliness, a combination combin-ation of which, be said, would make the charge against him Impossible, I the assistant city attorney took the view of the policeman and recommended recom-mended that the defendant be placed In charge of the county officials, to be examined as to 111 e sanity, and it was so ordered by Uie judge. The cases of James Robertson and Fred Presmal. vagrants, wore carried over until tomorrow morning to al low the state to securo more witness cs James Eastman, a drunk, was given giv-en six months suspended sentence, to assist him In keeping straight Charles Nlcolson, Dennis Murphv and John Doe, drunks, forfeited ?5 ball each. The case of Dan MrElrov charged til tomorrow morning Norman Poulson left his team standing loose in the downtown district dis-trict and Officer Reast happened to be there Poulson pleaded guilty and thought the affair quite a joke, until Judge Reeder read the ordinance and fined him $5. John Welch, charged with exceed-ing exceed-ing the speed limit on a motorcycle forfeited ball The cases of Joseph Vernleuwe and Jack Turner were continued until tomorrow to-morrow The former was charged with reckless driving and the latter with assault and battery |