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Show HE FELL OFF THE WATER WAGON MIGHTY SPLASH WHICH COST EDDIE $5. Police Court Was a Place of Woe This Morning Colored Woman Was Not Presentable. The police court grind today consisted con-sisted of a variety of petty cases. In-chiding In-chiding drunks, vagrants, embezzlers, "hop-heads," fast drivers and petty thieves. Margaret Brown, whose case of vagrancy va-grancy was not called in Friday's court owing to the lady, being "not presentable," pre-sentable," was arraigned this morning. morn-ing. She pleaded guilty to vagrancy and was glen a fine of $10 or ten days Sam Rcllly, a colored man, was charged with drunkenness. Sam admitted ad-mitted that ho had been "tanked up a bit," and the court, evidently thinking think-ing that he w-as still in that condition, ordered him put back in the cooler to sober up. Sam Insisted that he w-as "puffee'ly sober," but to no avail. A. Wilson, colored, pleaded guilty to a charge of vagrancy, but Ofilcer Crompton. who arrested him, not being be-ing present, the case was continued until the afternoon session. Fred Eugles, charged with vagrancy, stated that he had a ticket to Salt Lake and was therefore not guilty. Ho pleaded for ten minutes in which to lenve town and exhibited a sore leg to explain why he had not left before when told to do so. Captain Brown stated that Engles was a "hop-head" and had just served fifteen days for stealing a flat Iron, and bo the court decided that he had better spend ten days In jail and get himself into Bhape for traveling. Ed McFall pleaded guilty to drunkenness drunk-enness and was given the customary fine of $5 or five days. P. A. Guffey, William Burns and C. W. Marsh were arraigned on the charge of vagrancy. They entered pleas of not guilty in each case and the matter was ordered continued until the afternoon session at 3 p. m , bail being fixed at $10 each. Eddie Lamar admitted that he had "fallen off the water wagon again with a mIghtj- splash." The court passed sentence at the rato of $5 per nplash and the matter was closed. O- B, Knutscn and J. F. Alexander, the two suspects whose cases wero continued from Friday's session, were again presented for trial. Detective Tender stated that he wished the case continued until. Monday as the charge of vagrancy would probably be changed chang-ed to petit larceny, the men having stolen a grip from a saloon. Cliff Foristall and Will Dixon were charged with fast driving. Neither was present, however, and the Judge ordered that they be arrested and brought Into court. Frank Snyder pleaded guilty to tho charge of petit larceny, having stolen a harness valued at $15 from David F. Hunter. The cnurL sentenced him to thirty days on the rock pile or to pay a fine of $30. The case of R, R. Houtz. charged with embezzling the funds of a newsstand, news-stand, was dismissed, the Judge stating stat-ing that he doubted the legality of arresting ar-resting the boy. He gave the latter considerable good advice aboutspend-ing aboutspend-ing other people's money as well as allowing the same to become mixed up with his own. He permitted Houtz t change his plea of guilty to. one of not guilty and ordered him released on his own recognizance. |