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Show street yesterday, did not appear for trial and forfeited a bond of $25. George Rose, ho on September 2 assaulted J P. Spaekman. pleaded guilty to the charge and was fined $ln. Rose argued that he bad fixed tbe matter up with Spaekman. but the court did not concede that such a ptticedure would excuse the assailant for his violation of the law. The case against Elmer Dean, charged with disturbing the pence.1 was continued, although Dean entered a plea of guilty. The young man was placed under a. bond of $o. John I), Howe, who on September 1 is alleged to have assaulted Joe Miller, Mil-ler, pleaded not guilty to the charge and his case was continued, alter the I hearing of the testimony of the de-l de-l fendant and complaining witness. Mil-I Mil-I ler, who Is the smaller man. testified I that he was employed by the South-. South-. crn Pacific railroad as a section hand I and that Uowc was the boss nf. the gang in which he was to work. P.iVo. he said, keeps a boarding house and expects all the tingle men working under him to board with him. Not satisfied with the fare at the Dowo. house, Miller decided to leave and was told that if he left the house be would lose his job In the altercation which followed i Dowo licked up a club and beat Miller Mil-ler over !ue head and back, knocking him down and severely Injuring him. Howe denies that the trouble arose over Miller's . depurlurc from the boarding house and stated that he discharged the man because he was not a good worker and that Miller called bim names. AUTO CASES ! IN POLICE i COURT 1 i ! George Harris, charged with being unlawfully drunk yesterday afternoon. J entered a plea of not guilty at his j hearing in police court this morning and contended that he had been drugged and robbed. His story Is given little credence by the police j and he was locked up to be ?iveu a trial later. John Welsh made no effort to deny the charge of drunkenness placed against him by the arresting ofheer and was lined $o or five days by Judge Murphy. , , Madge Wilson, charged with vagrancy, vag-rancy, forfeited a bond of $10 by not nppeai lug to answer to the charge. The continued case against D. A. ' Smyth, charged by Officer William j Reast with automobile speeding on August 20. was dismissed without : prejudice by the court because of the j absence of City Attorney DeVlne. 1 The prosecuting attorney put In his appearance at the city hall a few minutes after the adjournment of the court and stated that it Is likely the case against Smyth will be taken up on a uew warrant. "i.iif Potter, registered on the police court files as John Doe. charged with ' speeding his automobile on Washlng-: Washlng-: ton avenue, near Twenty-second |