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Show ONE DAY'S! WOE IN COURT Joseph Burracco, an Italian, could not answer whether he was drunk yesterday, because he did not "savoy" the meaning of the words "unlawfully drunk," when before Judge Murphy this morning. Ho was admitted to ball in the sum of 55, and his trial set for tomorrow morning. It Is expected ex-pected that in . tho interim he will find some of his countrymen to toll him what "unlawfully drunk" means. E. B. Browning, a colored man, pleaded guilty to the charge of drunkenness, drunk-enness, and he was sentenced to pay a fine of 53 or serve five days In Jail. . 11 H Raw, was before the court Saturday on tho charge of mendicancy, mendi-cancy, but the city not being ready with tho testimony against him, tho case was continued until this morning, morn-ing, he having entered a plea of "not guilty." Officer Burk and I-ou Wesslor tes-. llfied this morning that last Friday evening, the young man wos plying his profession to splendid advantage, srv much so, that he was furnishing eight of his pals with money to oat nud sleep on. Ho belongs to the order or-der of Eagles and it was his brethren who were his vktlms. In his own behalf ho stated to tho court that be came Into the city rather late Friday evening, without money, and, It being too late to see the secretary and treasurer of the order or-der for assistance, he simply asked some of the boys to help him out a little He said he Is a metal worker by trade, and exported to get something some-thing to do" hern this wok. H knew It was wrong to ask alms and he also knew that his order would give him assistance when he asked for It. Tho man Importuned the court to gtvo him a chance to get to work, but the court did not look at the situation In that light. He told tho fellow th:U he should knew better than to ask people for money, when he was able to work and make u good living for hmlself, and that It was doubly Improper Im-proper for an Eagle to beg "Tho Eagles take care of their members, if they are deserving," said the Judge. "I will Benteueo you to pav a fine of 520 or serve twontv davs In the city jail." ia iliK.i w..tir fc. i-n.nnjiiii.iniitmifi sufficient, In tho mind of the court, I to warrant a conviction. ! According to the testimony. Hill, last night, on I.tneoln avenue, nar Twenty fifth street, became quarrelsome quarrel-some and seemed to have tho Idei that ho was master of all ho surveyed. survey-ed. He deliberately knocked down n little fellow by tho name of Wright, and. when chastised by Jackson for assaulting a small man In such way. Hill proceeded to give Jackson an np-pcrcut. np-pcrcut. This started things and Jackson Jack-son was In the act of trouncing Hill when Officer Burk canio along and arrested them. Marshall Johnson, J. A. Burton and Burt Burton were charced with disturbing dis-turbing tho peace by quarreling and fighting and tho matter was called up by tho clerk this morning. Johnson was not there to answer and his bail of 53 was forfeited. Tho two Burtons Bur-tons pleaded "not guilty," and their trial was set for tomorrow morning. Their bond was fixed at 55 each, wblch the youn.7 men furnished In cash. The case of L. Lawrence, charged with drunkenuess, was called again this morning, tho defendant having pleaded not guilty Saturday, and Officer Of-ficer Mohlman was called to the wit ness stand to testify. Tho officer stated that on Friday night he met young Lawrence on Twenty-fourth street, his face covered with blood and his hair disheveled, giving him tho appearance of a man who had had serious difficulty with some one. The fellow persisted In trying to make the officer believe ho was "turned around," because the officer told him there was no "noodle Joint" on Twenty-fourth street, between Grant and Washington avenues. Ho did no harm said Mr. Mohlman, but ho was In toxlcated to tho extent that he thought he was the only man on tho street that knew exactly what he .was doing. do-ing. I r The Judge concluded that, Inasmuch In-asmuch as tho young fellow had done no particular wrong, and that- he had been In Jail since Friday ulght. It would he well to release him. It cost Charles D. Jllblet aud Andrew An-drew fl. Klopatos 55 uaclT forvlolat-Ing forvlolat-Ing tho bicycle ordinance. John Hill failed to appear and answer ans-wer the charge of disturbing tho peace and his ball. In tho sum of 510. was declared forfeited, and Bob Jackson Jack-son was released from a similar charge, the testimony given being not |