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Show BUSY DAY IN MUNICIPAL COURT John CnDey was Arraigned In the municipal court this morning on the charge of selling liquor 'without a license, and not on a physician's prescription. pre-scription. The complainant was Of-f'cer Of-f'cer Mohlman and the complaint alleges al-leges that tho liquor was sold to John Fiandt last Sunday evening. "John Doe," one of tho clerks of the Cullcy drug store Is Jointly charged will the offense The preliminary hearing of P. H. (Earl) Cragen. alleged to have stolen stol-en 15 from the person of W'lllartf Pcrcell, February 25th. was begun. The motion of the attorney for th defendant for a dismissal of tho caas was denied and the defendant was placed upn the stand to testify In his own behalf. The young man stHted that be knew nothing of Ibe-alleged Ibe-alleged affair, and that he is a total stranger to the party claiming to have been robbed. He said his home Is in K&nsas and that all hU pepl are respectoblo farmers of that section ol the country. He bad been working In Idaho betore coming to Ogden, about six weeks ago. The court took the matter under advisement ad-visement and will render a decision tomorrow morning. Young Cragen has been confined in the county Jail ince the 25th of last month. The case of the city against Fred O. HutcblDson was called but the defendant de-fendant was not In court. The bail of $10 which bo had furnished was declared forfeited, but the court afterwards aft-erwards rescinded the order and instructed in-structed the clerk to have the officers brinir the defendant info court. The complaint in the case alleges that on March 15th the defendant cruelly whipped his wife. Mr. Hutchinson was In the court rotn : this morning ready to tell her story. The case will come up tomorrow morning. John Newman denied thut he assaulted as-saulted Herbert Deileer. March l.'th as alleged in a complaint filed nsalnht , him. The alleged assailant and tbo i one who rlaimed to have been as- 1 sailed, were nacd as wltnesfes. The atory they told was of a little alter- .' cation between two w-orkmon, a mortar mixer and a mortar carrier. . in which the mixer came out with a . black eye, the carrier claiming, how- ' ever, that tho miser etruck him first. The court concluded that the carrier needed punishment, so he rendered a verdict of guilty aud sentenced him io pav a flno of $5. Daniel Murphy safd he was a beggar, beg-gar, because he was "up againrt It". The court adrlsed him that he could upend ten day In tho city, jail for ; his trouble. Fred Wilson stated that be stole an overcoat from the Central Loan company com-pany yesterday. He wag nntencd to pay a fine of fl 5 or go to Jail fifteen days. Fred ia In Jail. John Sullivan and John MrtU pleaded guilty to th oharge of b-lng b-lng "unlawfully drunk.' The court sentenced them to pay a fine of $C each, or serve five days In th city -bastile. The ball of Walter NaIkoii io the um of 50 waa declared forfeited, , Walter net being In court to answer to the charge of vagrancy. , .' |