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Show OFFEIHS BEFOUE Mill COURT Nine offenders were called before the municipal court judge this morn-i morn-i ing for trial. William Stagge, t4 years old, was given a sentence' of j three days in jail. He pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkenness and was j given a jail sentence because the present pres-ent case was his second appearance before the judge in three days He was am-sted on a vagrancy charge for the first time and was given a suspended sentence. The trial of Thomas Murray on a petit larceny charge, brought out an example of shiftlessness that "His Honor" declared deplorable. The defendant de-fendant pleaded guilty to the theft of ;a pair of shoes from the Palace Fur Inishlngs store on Twenty fifth street I last Saturday and gave hunger as a j reason for the crime. He Is 42 years old and cross examination by the judge brought out the statement from him that he had spent $150 In less than a month lor liquor, tobacco and other valueless things The judge gave him a good lecture on thrift as a means of bolving the problem of the high cost of living and sentenced him to serve ten days in jail. A. T. McGinnis was given a three-day three-day sentence on conviction for drunkenness. drunk-enness. He was arrested yesterday by Officer Brown on Lincoln avenue, between Twenty-fourth and Twenty- fifth streets. j MPS Carl Van Velite forfeited ?5 bail for 1 Kg non-appearance in answer to a charge mV$ of drunkenness. He was arrested by 1 ML Patrolman Shaughnessv at Twentv- fourth street, yesterday moraine John H Johnfon and Leonard Brown were MW tried on the charge of disturbing the I pear.-. Teotimony given bv the ar- Hf rc-s'ing officer. Jerry Kelli'her. was K;c that the defendants had engaged in wkW" a fight Saturday night on the street. (KM Brown stated that Johnson wanted 'mWfc him to play a same of pool, and when hp refused to do so. Johnson struck j ftffi him and he returned the blow. John- ' son stated that the fight started when Mr Brown hit him with a billiard cue. K '. Tho judge took the case under ad- Eg; visemenu H&k' E. Barker pleaded not guilty to a ; ' charge of obtaining goods under false wL-p pretenses and had his hearing set for MfcA tomorrow morning. WkX' I |
