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Show u Possession of Rum j Brings Fine of $150 John Lawoon drew a siitr sentence jln the city court this morning on a! i c harge or having liquor in POS-I I, when Judge llolthcr imposed, Is penalty ot JlO flue or :0 days in jail. Lawson was arrr-sted at tho Minerva Cdfe laist nlRht Ly Sergeant A. H. Sl. j.l . r , tin ni!...-. t.;-.l patrons of th.- jcafc- with the view of determining .truth of reports received to tho effect, that men were In the habit of takb Whiskey to the cafe and treating the ,glrl employes of the place. : Laweon, In company with two girls and a man, was seated at a table. When searched. It hud found, the po- ilce say, that he hud u pint bottle I nearly full of liquor. In court this morning, the defend-' ant pleaded guilty. In explanations I he Jviid that he had met a friend Whose nam..- he did not know and whom he could not Identify. Tho man drew a bottle of liquor from his pocket and placed It on the table. Oc-) eUpants at th table each "tossed" oni . Then Sergeant Stephens entered. in j the grab for the whiskey. Lawson IclaJma he proved quicker than the owner of 'he buttle, and that this was the reason that the whiskey was found In his possession. Judgi- Holtlier :isked Lawson ques-j I tions regarding the liquor. Lawebn's mind proved blank regarding tho name, address, or appearance of the man whom he was with. |