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Show BOOTLEGGERS GIVEN HEAVY EWES jyOGEJIEB Nick Pappas. Greek, was found guilty of bootlegging .upon trial in (he municipal court this morning and assessed as-sessed a fine of $299 or six months in the county jail. ' j C. A. Contario, Italian, pleaded guilty to bootlegging, and Judge j George S. Barker handed him a simi-j lar punishment. Contario may bo able , to assemble the necessary simoleons i and escape the sentence. Pappas and Contario, at least, have : the satisfaction of knowing that" they I are the subjects of precedent. Their fines were the largest ever assessed ; in the local court for violation of the I liquor laws. The court took occasion I to promise even more rigid sentences, if bootlegging is not abandoned. I "Pappas may have purchased his I whiskey, as he says, in Cheyenne and ! was en route to Garfield to drink it I himself," said the court. "His conduct I upon arrival in Ogden indicates, however, how-ever, that he is a bootlegger. I will I fine $299 and, in lieu of payment, he I will serve six months in Jail." , ' Contarlo's case was next on the I docket and he frankly admitted that i ' he was intending to peddle the hilarity 1 ! at retail prices. He also stated that ' I he was entirely familiar with the pro- ' hibition laws and knew that he was ' violating the statutes. His punishment punish-ment was assessed the same as Pap- ' pas, but persuaded the warning from : j Judge Barker that bootleggers are going to receive scant courtesy in his i ; court in the future. Those found guilty j are going to receive the limit. t Both Pappas and Contario were ar- I ! rested by Deputy Sheriffs Soule and j Brown. j Two pleaded guilty to plain drunks -in police court this morning. They j were Tom Hogan and J. Riley. Each ; drew a fine of $50 or that many days ! in Jail. ; on B |