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Show OLD CASES IN POLICE COURT Some of the cases that have been in file In the municipal court for a 1'uig time were unearthed this moir-4iig moir-4iig and called for consideration, one ot them being too case of the City gainst V. A Stark, charge with dei-frig dei-frig a photograph business in the city Ti'lthoui a license. This case has been 011 file In the :ierk's office for a number of we-""ks. 5ut Clerk Fulton advised the attoi-ti attoi-ti c v s in the case, and law'yerfs in fhe-r cases of.oin standing, that th" ! clufv'Pt is going to be cleared and 1 Cnat if they do not want the cases clr.missed they had better make an appearance In court. A change of ludge was asked for in this particular Mse. tho request being granted Otto Schneider, accused of keeping . grocery store open on Sunday I bout two months ago, will be trice! Tuesday. Angu-t ;Uh. accordini: to tho i-ettiug of the case this morning Thomas Nerd.'U. alleged to hav. sold hot tamales without a license nml to which chaige he pleaded guil- ty some time aco. was sentenced to 1 pay a fine of $.". or serve five days . it. the city Jail. When N'erden plead- 1 rd guilty to the offense, the court . withheld jn lament, stating that if Nerden would comply with the law. j or go to the council of the city and i.ct a free license - ply his business, : HMJtence would not be passed upon j i..ni, but it appeared to the court th.u morning, according to the statement j 01 tne city attorney, tnat Nerur-n had j liken no steps to comply with the suggestions of-the court, whereupon the court passed sentence. "Notwithstanding the fact that Xei- j e'en has not accepted the leniency of , the court In the spirit It wns given. . am inclined to the idea that a heaxy I penalty should not be Imposed. The ; n an has a family ol children depend- j lug upon him for support and 1 do 1 r.ot care to take bread from their nouths." I The trial of H. Wolf accused of do- I ing business In his store on June jlh, v as taken up ami a verdict ol nol ; fniltv was rendered, thrx court In passing judgment staling that the 1 t itnesses for the city contradicted each other, j E. 1. IVmgham nnd Walter Comp- "ton. clerks, xvere, the x Uncases foi ; V city. Biugnam stated that it xvns ' M Wolf who sold himself and Comp- : n handkerchiefs Sunday. June ", 'rhlle Comptnn said that it was. Mr. j TA'olf stated that he did not sell the; men the goods and. furthermore, that I be xvas not In his store during the entire day. j Wolf conducted his osvn defense before the court, and he unite drn- matlcally accused Compton of making j the statement, immediately prior to . bis arrest, that the clerks of the city ! Id not care t.i prosecute anybody, j lut the Hebrews ol lowev Twenty-I 1lfUi street, because they would not. elose their stores at 7 o'clock Saturday Satur-day nicht." Compton denied having Made the statement. |