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Show BURTON BOVS SET UPON BYJOODLW James Carr. II. E. Kelley and Joseph Jos-eph Puracco pleaded guilty In police court to the charge of drunkenness nnd were each fined $5. Turacco Is tbo Italian who did not "savvy" English yesterday, when he was arraigned. ar-raigned. He understood the nioanlns of "unlawfully drunk" this morning, having been advised regarding tho English tongue since his Incarceration, Incarcera-tion, Saturday evening. Testimony waa heard In the ca?e e.f the city against J. A. and Burt Burton, charged with disturbing tho I peace Saturday night by quarreling and fighting, and they were discharged. discharg-ed. The testimony showed to the satisfaction sat-isfaction of the court that the young men were innocent of wrong doing and ; that they were the victims of a crowd of hoodlums who attacked them od the corner of Washington avenue an1 Twenty-fifth street while they were on their way home. The boys state! that they had no trouble with any I of tho crowd, but that as they ap- j proached them they were pounced upon up-on and beaten. Dick Howell was not In court to answer to the charge of 'cruelty to animals" and his bond in the sum of $3 was declared forfeited. The com- plaint against Howell alleged that he left .1 team tied on the street for fivo. hours without feed or water. The ball of Fred Caldwell and W. J Haynes of $5 each was forielted. the , men nol being in court to answer the charge. i |