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Show UNHITCHED TEAMS ARE A LUXURY THEY COST FIVE DOLLARS WHEN DISCOVERED BY OFFICERS. Three Cases In Police Court, In One of Which the Owner Tries to Explain Why. The police court docket today consisted con-sisted of three violations of tho un-hltched-team ordinance. B. J. Cunningham was charged with leaving his team standing unhitched upon the street He pleaded guilty and was given a fine of $5. T. R. Stagg was simILrly accused and admitted his guilt, asking, however, how-ever, that he be given a chance to explain. ex-plain. The court thought no explanation explana-tion necessary and imposed a line oZ $5. J. C. Slade was charged with the. ownership of a team found standing unhitched. The defendant pleaded not guilty, and Officer Rea6t was called call-ed to the stand. The latter stated that he had discovered the team standing in front of a local place of business and, upon returning half an hour afterward, af-terward, the team was still there. He said that be then stepped into the rig and drove away. This brought immediate im-mediate results,' Mr. Slade running out and asserting his ownership of the rig. The arrest then followed. The defendant was asked to explain his side of the case, and proceeded to tell how he had allowed a young boy to take the rig to earn a little money. Tho boy had inadvertently left the team standing unhitched. The defendant, de-fendant, therefore, considered that he should not be held responsible. Tho court thought beBt to refer the matter mat-ter to the city attorney and the order was made. |