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Show OFFENDERS IN POLICE COURT THERE WERE MANY WHO HAD BEEN DRINKING. Five Dollars or Five Days for the Fellows Fel-lows in Need of the Sobering Effect of a Re6t. The police court grind today included includ-ed several drunks and other petty offenders of-fenders against the peace and dignity of the cily. A case against John Doo, charged with driving upon the wrong side or tho street was discharged owing to the nonappearance or the complainant. A. R. Lord, an old man. was charged with drunkenness and was given live days. I John Doody, another of the three-score-and ten class. -vas also guilty or a similar offense and drew trie same line, $r, or five days. William Wilson was arraigned on the charge of disturbing i-ie peace-. He pleaded guilty and was allowed to go with the nominal fine of 55 or Ihe days. William Greenway had the charge of mendicancy explained to him by the clerk and then pleaded gulltv He slated, that it was his llrst attempt at begging and the judge sour;u to c:s-courage c:s-courage him in tho new pursuit by sentencing him to 10 cays on :ne rock pile. The case of Frank Chase, the aged vagrant, was continued from Saturday's Satur-day's session, and Ofilcer Mohlman was asked regarding the arrest. Uq stated that he had answered a can from the vicinity of the Ogden rlvc-r bridge and had later found tho old man In the woods near the river His prisoner, he stated, had proceeded to thoroughly abuse the police of the cltv blaming them for his condition and his troubles In general. The court then instructed the officers to make inquiry in-quiry of the county authorities as to he advisability or praciug chase m the poor house, as he Is apparently harmless and Incapable or carinc ror himself. ' b UI |