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Show POLICE GET li 01 ROM CACHE Judge Apparently Not Entirely Satisfied Takes Case Under Un-der Advisements "Officer, can a cop " This might have been the tltlb of a little incident that bapfiened In police court this morning. Elmer Gong, charged With bavlncr liquor In his possession, was one of :h print :pals. W. A. Drown, night patrolman. WtKB another. The third was K.-rr.-aiH A IL Stephens. Gong, it seems, knew the location of a gallon jug of whiskey. 1 1 was the night before Christmas. "The "booze."' market wus ' strong." The police were vigilant. Gong, with two companions, Is alleged al-leged to have attempted to corrupt Brown by offering lorn half of the whiskey in exchange for "protecOon." Brown notified iiis superior, Bi r-geant r-geant Stephens, ami, from t he vh -ioint of Gong and Ids associates, lirown apparently ''fell ' for the arrangement ar-rangement The officer and Gong Becured the Jug. Gong maintains they were headed head-ed for the police Station. At any rate, Sergeant Stephens, who knew of the arrangement, placed Gong I under arrest. ! When ho appeared In court this morning. Gong pleaded guilty of h LV- !nig liquor in lu-i pi.'ssessiini and t!o i startled the court room by announcing ttmt i ifficcr Brown was with him. Brown, new on the job, was visibly dis- I concerted 1 From the testimony, it appeared that he had conspired with GoQg t- divide the liquor) His only testimony was that statements made b! ' tt'ffeant Stephens were correct, and that the only agreement entered into With Gong was that he would get half the whiskey and deliver it to a house on Lincoln avenue. Sergeant Stephens explained the matter more thoroughly, showing that lirown had acted in that manner in I order to insure of capturing of goods. 1 Judge D. R, Roberts apparently was .not satisfied with the evidence introduced. intro-duced. There, seemed to be room for! deHercpancles In the testimony of' Gong, and room for additional facts In' I the testimony of the officer.-, he intimated. in-timated. The case was taken under advisement. advise-ment. oo I |