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Show Griffith's Appeal. D. J. Griffiths, the party who appealed yesterday from the judgment of the police po-lice court in the L. and L. matter, was seen to-day and asked respecting what he intended to do. He had not fully made up his mind, he said, but would decide upon something by Monday. It will be remembered that Griffiths claimed some time ago to have been inveigled into pleading guilty to the charge, when arraigned ar-raigned before Judge Speirs, and that he was given the assurance that no heavy fine would be imposed. He since asserts that he paid over to S. A. Kenner, when the latter was employed by the city, the sum of $30, which he understood was to completely satisfy the court. Mr. Kenner denies, however. haying received the money. When the Judge imposed the customary fine of $299 Griffiths was handed over to the custody of Sheriff Groesbeck, with the understanding under-standing that he would pay the sum required. re-quired. He quietly expressed on the street, however, his intention not to pay the fine, and the matter has finally been taken up to the District Court on appeal. There is little doubt but there has been some decidedly crooked work both on the part of Griffiths himself and somebody associated in some way with Judge Speirs' court, but it Beems to be pretty definitely settled that the Judge's actions in the matter have been honorable. Time will tell where the "nig. on the fence" is. |