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Show "Mac" Admits Drinking He lesjrner Keeps Court a-Titter UnembarraSSpd by a vast expanse ex-panse of flannel, exposed through absence of an outer shirt. J P. MoVelght of 337 Adams avenue, who might well pose for a George Mi Minus cartoon, pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkenness In the city court with grace of language lan-guage that hns made Ould Erin I and the Blarney stone famous. Hla histrionic abilities could get him no less than the minimum fine, however, and he was fined $50 The court was in a continual uproar while MeVelght's case was being tried. Even Judge Roberts failed to reslruln a couple of errant er-rant titters, while Assistant City Attorney Samuel Powell was so beguiled by the stream of humorous humor-ous phllosoph) that t lowed from MeVelght's tongue that before the trial was fairly in progress, he called MeVeight by the chummy nickname of "Mac." "It was not drink, yer honor, that was responsible for my being be-ing here; It was vcrnlller Cursed be vernlller.." And Mac" continued In a vein which upheld old-fashioned red liquor, and denounced all present day beverages. ' For the past foive months Ol hove been working work-ing without so much as losln' a single minute, and for the life of me, yer honor, Ui could see no harm In taking a nip or two." i re.id of yer sentences in the paper every day, yer honor, and huve gasped at the size of the fines ye have been passln' out, tmt I hold It against no one that Oi'm arrested. It serves mo right ' "Mac." while in his cups, is alleged to havo offended some one by his talk. He explained this situation by saying, "Ol'm naturally sociable, yer honor, and It's Just lolke :ome people to look upon a well meant remark as an Insoult." Ho ,also cited that "In New-York, New-York, where drink is not a mortal offense, so long as ye can get It, that a man Is fined only 3 for drunkenness." "ul'm leaving for New York soon, too," he said. |