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Show SI WILSON A COON OF : SENSE ' HIS COMPLETE RESIGNATION WON HIM F-REEDOM. Judge Had About Decided to Send Him to the Rock Pile When Wilson Said "Amen." , Silas Wilson, colored, was arraigned In police court on the charge of vagrancy. vag-rancy. He pleaded not guilty, and witnesses were called for. During the Intermission, Clerk Fulton proceeded with the call, arraigning Nottingham Rlaekman, Jr., colored, on a similar charge. Nottingham. Jr., preferred not to follow fol-low In the footsteps of his pal Slla3 who was walling for the arrival or witnesses, and entered a plea of guilty. guil-ty. He explained that he was temporarily tem-porarily out of a Job, but was by no manner of means a vagrant. Detective Detec-tive Pender then took the stand and stated that the two men were undesirable unde-sirable citizens who had been, "single-, footing" around town Tor several days, and that. In his opinion, the city would continue to prosper If the couple cou-ple were ordered to vacate. . The court followed the officer's suggestion sug-gestion and suspended a 90-day sentence sen-tence with the understanding that Nottingham. Jr., cither leave town at once or get busy with a Job of some FOIL Wilson was Impressed with the Justice Jus-tice meted out to his friend, and immediately im-mediately suggested to the court that his plea be changed to guilty, ir that war the way the Judge was going to "take It." The court opined that it would probably be better to hold Si for a while as the ranks of the work gang were becoming thinned In uuv.-her. uuv.-her. . "All right, then, Jodge," said Si, "please yo'self." The defendant's apparent willing-nets willing-nets to4, abide by the judicial ruling, whatever It might prove to be, had an immediate effect, and SI was given a similar sentence, Wilson hurrying out to overtake the long-striding Nottingham. Notting-ham. Jr.. after assuring the court that it would bo a right smart spell before be-fore either of them again dropped Into Ogden. |