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Show ATE II MEAL 10 HEN REFUSED TO PAY RESMHT Dick House was convicted this morning in the police court of a charge of assault and battery, and sentenced to pay a fine of $15 or to serve 15 days In jail. Tho complaining complain-ing witness was Henry Sewell, whose face was badly battered by House last Saturday, according to the testimony. J.unes Brown and J. Whalan, plain drunks, were given suspended sentences. sen-tences. Frank McCussick drew a five-day jail sentence for ordering and eating a meal at a lower Twenty-fifth street restaurant and then refusing to pay for it He was arrested by Patrolman Patrol-man James Hearn Saturday nighL For getting drunk and using bad language lan-guage on the street in the hearing of women, Mike Murphy was sentenced to serve fifteen days in jail. In the case of the City vs. F. B Fackler. the defendant was found guilty, but, owing to his youth, was given a 10-day suspended sentence. He is 19 years of age and was arrested ar-rested last Thursday by Detective Chambers on suspicion of having robbed rob-bed a room-mate of $4. The suspicion was not substantiated, but enough evi-denco evi-denco was gathered to justify the placing of a vagrancy charge against the youth, the officers learning that he had been loafing around the city a number of days In bad company and without visible means of support. George Malan and L L. Brown were found guilty of drunkenness and disturbing dis-turbing the peace and each sentenced to pay a $5 fine or to serve five days In jail. |