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Show PICKPOCKET PLEADS IN COURT Tn Iho dislrlct court this mornlnr? John King pleaded not gulliy to the charge or an attempt to steal $18 frnni tlio person of Special Officer John Both well, September 7. The case will be set for trial October 22. The facts, as related by the officers, ami as slated in tin Information are, that on the day In question, at tho Fair Grounds, the Jefendant thrust his hands into the pockets of the rpcclal officer, who was dressed in plain clothes, and was In the act of extracting therefrom something like $lfi that t In would be victim had in . his pocket. Before the theft, was accomplished, ac-complished, the officers, with others, j arrested King and landed him in Jail. |