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Show FINED $299 Oil i LIQUOR CHARGE William Pranthel Arrested in Federal Raid Pleads Guilty in City Court Charged w!'h having liquor In his I possession. William Pranthel, whose' soft drink parlor. 170 Twenty-fifth street, was raided by government official offi-cial assisted by the police on Saturday Satur-day afternoon pleaded guilty to thej C&arge in the city court this morning; before City Judge P. R. Roberts. U-' was fined $299 or ihc alternative of 180 days in Jail. The arresting officers testified that they had found two pint bottles of liquor li-quor behind ihc counter both of which contained about one lourlh of a pint of j "moonshine" whisky. Prantht 1 said thai he had (he liquor for his own use. Questioned by As ! sistant City Attorney Samuel Powell as to why Iip had one fourth of a pint In each bottle ?nd why he kept it at his place of business Instead of at his home, he gave no explanation. The cases of T. K Sandell and E. j Bertognolli. also arrested in the same raid, each charred with having liquor in his possession, will come up for arraignment ar-raignment tomorrow morning. The case of James Britton, charged , with having liquyr In his possession, arrested In the same raid, will come up for arraignment at a later date. lUIam Brighton. John Doe, Japan e.-c ,ind Carl Jones, each charged with being drunk, pleaded guilty and each was fined ?50 or 50 days in jail Albeit Frost, charged with being drunk, pleaded r.ot guilty and the hearing of his case was set for toruor row morning. His ball was fixed at $50. Archie Wassero, charged with hav ing liquor in his possession, pleaded not guilty and the hearing of his cse was set for tomorrow morning The complaint charging Walter Gregory' With vagrancy was dismissed on motion of Assistant City Attorney Samuel Powell on the grounds of insufficient in-sufficient evidence. John Hansen, charged with playing cards behind locked doors, appeared in court and changed his plea of not guilty to guilty and was fined $10. He explained that he. wished to return to Honcyville and to his work. oo |