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Show vendor bad In his possession more of the drug of which ho was convicted convict-ed of selling His only defense was thai ho had got St from a friend for a friend. In police circles the drug habit In any form is recognized as Immcasiir-ably Immcasiir-ably ttorsn than any other with which j I the officers have to deal, not one In ft hundred of Its victims ever brouklng the chains. CJ SEVERE SENTENCE FOR OPIUM SELLER I Salt Irikc, Dec. 14. Co-operation of the court with the police department ; in the effort to abolish tho dives, where morphine, opium and cocaine are dispensed to slaves of the drug habit was shown Tuesday afternoon. Sentence of f0 days at labor waj Imposed upon Jim Franco, a negro, who was convicted of selling cocaine to F. V. McCarty In a room at 49 Vlc-1 Vlc-1 tcrla alley. j Tho don occupied by Franco and a white woman was raided Saturday afternoon by Officer Poller, after he received from McCarty a ctatement as to his buying the drug. When searched the negro op-uu |