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Show LESSON IN SOBRIETY TAUGHT "This Is all a mystery to me, your honor. The entire transaction is a blank in my mind. I have no use for a clock, I had money in my pocket, and why I should steal that Iwx containing con-taining a clock, I cannot understand. I do not think, though, that these witnesses wit-nesses would He about me ami, If they say I stole that clock, it must be true; but bonestlj, I do not remember a thi.iR about it. I was drinking that day, and. it now looks as thonch I was pretty drunk. I am in :nir handy, your honor, and I simply ask for leniency," were the words of Peter Curry before Judge Murphy, testifying testify-ing in his own behalf, under the cnarpe of petit larceny. The complaint against Curry alleged that on May uh be entered the freight depot of tho Southern Pacific railroad rail-road and carried away a box containing contain-ing a clock, valued at Jj. Tho witnesses wit-nesses for the prosecution stated that the man had been drinking hoavll."-and hoavll."-and that be entered the depot and stole the box containing the clock. A friend of Curry took the box away from liim and carried It ;ack to the depot, telling the man in charge of the freight tb.v. Curry was drunk and did not know, w hat he was doing. The witnesses all stated that Curry did not attempt to dispose of the hoc of freight and that he made no claim to it. He simply carried it away. The court rendered a verdict of guilty and sentenced the man to pay a tine of $15, or serve fifteen days in the city Jail In passing sentence the court observed that It was strange that a man woubU steal w hen he was drunk If he was rot a thief in his sober moments, and that he thought that to Impose a penalty would teacli Curry a lesson to keep away from whisky, If that Is what caused hint to commit the crime of larceny. The fine was paid |