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Show UNCERTAIN STATE OF mjND' Adolph Mechler, when arraigned In police court this morning, btated that lo. could not tell whether or not he vns unlawfully drunk wneu arrested. arrest-ed. A plea of not guilty was entered ly the cleric of the court for the absent-minded prisoner and he will be given a bearing tomorrow morning, j Mechler stated that he could renieni- ! ber that he had. visited a number of saloons just prior to his arrest, but , as to his mental state at the time he , was taken in tow by the officers, he did not know7. II H. 1 lineman, whose name follow-; co Mechler's on the court .-oster, o;dd remember that he was very drunk when haled into court and was fined $5 for the offense of over-lndul-gene. John Shayne pleaded guilty to the charge of drunkenness and was as- ; Bf-ssed $5 by the court. ! Edward Clark, who was arrested for ! permitting his horse to stau.; untied on I incoln avenue did not appear for trial and forfeited j Evan Reese again appeared in court on a charge of unlawful drunken-i-e?s and was fined $5 or five days George Williams was tendered a , fine of $C0 or thlrtv days lor appropriating appro-priating an overcoat which did not j belong to him. The theft look placo at Fhe Points a few days ngo, the i Ferment being stolen from a saloon. ' Williams denied that he had stolen the coat, but the evidence of three witnesses wit-nesses who had caught the man with the stolen goods was sufficient proof to convict Charged with disturbing the peace by lighting in the presence of ladles, J. 1). Hans-en and A Strieker were arraigned, ar-raigned, but entered a plea of not guilty and tlu-ir case was continued. P. Is claimed that the offense was committed com-mitted on November 19. |