| Show POLICE COURT an employed is apprehended stealing from his employer boy know and parley bingham charged with petit larceny stealing goods from the john sons co pleaded guilty the judge asked if they had anything to say why tho court should be lenient in its sentence they said that this wag their first offense the court gave them a scathing lecture and said that no petty crime could be more flagrant than stealing from ones own employers who had paid them their regular wages and anc out of their way to bo kind to them the judge said moreover that ha purposed to stop the petty thieving that was too common in the city at the present time especially by boys lie said iaia i he would have imposed a heavy penalty in this case but this was the boys first and the in aured firm had asked for leniency in their behalf and therefore he only imposed fine of 5 each which they majd lie said lie did this however eniy upon the promise by the boys that hanco forth they would never commit such an offense that being young men of family they would realize ane disgrace they had brought upon themselves and would endeavor by hon est living in the to blot out the slain upon their names snow is from bait lake ind bingham from richmond and the offense consisted of snow who is watchman for giving provisions to bingham who is his cousin 1 I ho thieving had ben going on for sometime W E stone and orland shaw two boys charged with assaulting and beating a chinaman ling teeg were arraigned ned itono stono plead guilty and shaw not guilty asked if he had any thing to say why the court should bo lenient in its sentence stone said lie did the beating but only struck ono blow and that the other boy had nothing to do with it ho said mat they had gone over to the chinapana Chin amana and been given some candy it being chinese new years day and had and begged for more the chinaman refused and ordered them away on refusing to go the chinaman picked up a slick and hit the shaw boy whereupon lie the stona boy struck the chinaman in the face and ofle latter was badly beaten up the judge said that having been present ho hoped the boys before him now would heed the lecture he had given the other boya unwanted them to understand further that a chinaman so long as ha remains in this country ia entitled to the protection of alic law as much as a man that boyn have no right whatever to regnard them as fair game for their fists a w many do these boy had moreover violated one of the most sacred rights thai of hospitality he fined stone 10 and suspended sentence upon shaw |
