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Show HE FELL OFF A SHOE STAND OFFICER THOUGHT THE FELLOW WAS INTOXICATED. But in Court the Difference Between Falling Off a Chair and a Water Wagon Was Explained. . The morning docket of police court contained a variety or cases which were quickly disposed of. -There was a sprinkling of drunks, a beggar, several sev-eral vagrants and a number of forfeitures forfeit-ures of ball money. Phillip Bonner, employed at the race track, was arraigned, on tie charge of drunkenness. He pleaded not guilty and Officer Russell testified tliat In his opinion Bonner 'was drunk, he having fallen out of a bootblack's chair about S o'clock in the morning. Bonner explained that he had. had a single drink of whiskey and had t then gone to the stand for a "shine." in bracing his feet.on the foot-rests, one of the rests suddenly came apart at a broken place, precipitating him to the ground. He declared his intentions inten-tions of reimbursing the owner at the time and offered a dollar for the damage. dam-age. The owner wanted two dollars and ha1 him arrested when Bonner told him he had only the dollar. The city attorney put tho defendant through a few quiet gymnastics while on tho stand to determine his present condition, all of which Bonner performed perform-ed to the satisfaction of the court. The Judge stated that he hardly thought the man was drunk enough to punish, especially so early in the 'morning, and ordered him discharged. Charles Bryan, also charged with rinmlcnnccc t nnL- hr.nrt nvrr thi flls- missal of Bonner and promptly entered enter-ed a plea of not guilty. Sergeant Crltchlow stated that Bryan was drunk when brought to the station Monday afternoon, at 3 o'clock! The sergeant was then questioned as to his standing as a judge of drunkenness drunk-enness and, after some time, managed to qualify in that capacit)'. Bryan stated that he nas blacksmith on 'Monday, and in fact still considered himself one of that profession. He said he had worked hard Monday forenoon and had gone out at noon for a light lunch. His arrest at 3 o'clock was a conundrum which he 'tried hard to explain but failed. He admitted haying hay-ing several buckets of beer during the morning. The court decided, in view of the discrepancy of two hours unaccounted unaccount-ed for, that Bryan had in some manner man-ner become Intoxicated. The experience experi-ence cost him $5 or five days. Thomas F. McGuire was arraigned on th charge of mendicancy and pleaded not guilty. Owing to the absence ab-sence of the arresting officer, the case was ordered continued. James Burk and W. Gilds were charged with vagrancy. Detective Pender advocated their release as he considered them harmless and unfortunately un-fortunately out of work. The court. then suspended a ninety-day sentence to allow them to leave town John Doe forfeited $5 ball for driving driv-ing an automobile in a careless manner man-ner and without a conspicuously displayed dis-played number. Joseph Wilson was arraigned on the charge of disturbing the peace. He had deposited ball and tho same was about to be forfeited when the defendant defend-ant put in an unexpected appearance and entered a plea of not guilty. His case was ordered continued until the arresting oflicer could he present. |