Telegram-herald., 1888-04-06
WHISKEY VERSUS WIT
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Every sltschs u tie Police Court. fFon
sAs Ja1i1oE 70 ths Judge. .ss N good
hunor yesterday morning. ana eoassq qasatis
a. traasssszsars = 81 acted nsli- say doesn't
escaped vita hght sentences, aad many Of
tbsa we're grsc.0ss enough 10 0exPEsss tnsir
grstiIads isF gls lssieucy shown
TIE efsi Oh call vas JACK o 0Brlsn, ~hO
pls4dsd guilty ~ Ds.1s inloxlcAtsd. oot
mads al s0f.s II excuses, and prosecutor
Taylor cane ~ Dis r<sc1s viii recon-
mend from b.s employers a. = good and
honest cillzsn zni asked that ssntsucs &c s1s-
psadsd Ia "a cAse. Judge HOlasss. With the
milx u aanaa kindness selling Up II Ais
heart. under ths happy oOnvictioa that tue
ease. On cal could b al disposed OF with
Gus ths supsfaai-y ef Jury, zecsied 70 his
request aad ths pfisoasr with many thanks.
aDd bows aud scrspss Departed, hzE IN hand.
Nllh becoming aumidty. Ia exactly three
hours tr0m mat time he was back IN bis
0il cell, - drunk shss he didnt know
whether ne bad answered - the charge IN
court or not lie viii probably have 4
dose administered 20 him this mornlng thaE
Sill sober hIm.
No. z wss Horace Gould, arrested for as
sAaiung iiIsls JShanie Ernst. lie pleaded
guilty, but urged psoyocaIion ia that the
0oy ~sz uaroly, saaey. and threw stones al
hin. 1ne Oqy iAgea stoaes and GALE him
hArti names and Gould chased him. caught
him and xicked him several times and
VI eo0zse 10 MAS guilty Of the charge techBi-
callV. though Re nad no intent OF lnlurins
the lad lie was fiBed 81 and costs. $500.
which he paid wIthoct a murmur-
Oae 0f The four aoisy hzckmsn, John
Stevens, uext appeared and pleaded guilty
FOR ninself and his companions. Inc
Prosecuting Attorney thought they had ali
come - 4 sense 0i their duties and had
already learned how To behave themselves
IL public. RE therefore asked that they BE-
let OF With the minimum OF punishment.
Accordingly Judge Holmes made IL SIX
cents fine and costs, IN each case makln,
81 .56 apiece or g. p 10 the aggregate, which
was paid, snd visitors TO the Valley City
will have no more complaint To make OF the
grseung of noisy hAcxmen upon their ar
nyal Al the depots for some time To come.
Court thsn adjourned until o'clock 10
give Frank II. bnrley ample time 10 pre-
| pare his defense against the charge of fast
| driving on the street. Upon essemb bling. a
string Of policemen. which more than filled
| the jury box, appeared as wit
nesscs sgains, him and each
sTore that they saw him on
| Tues lay night driving span OF horses
through Monroe and Canal-sts. at an i'm
moderate rate OF speed. he had two other,
IN the buggy with him. and they were some
y hat hilarious. and just as the theatres
were letting out an0 the streets were full ol
teams aud pedestrians they dashed through
| the streets at a three minute clip. Mr.. Bur
| ley was present and pleaded mis- own cause,
| putting witnesses on the stand 10 show that
| The horses were hard bitted and always
went like lightning on their way home
/ Tas Judge recognized the fact that the.
were not on their way home to the stable
corner of Spring and Fulton-sts.. when they
were going north on Canal-st.. and iCuud q
the respondent guilty. he vas fined s. ano
costs amounting n all TO 1890, whereas a
/ Mr.. Barley had been s-harp he would hav,
l pleaded guilty, promised not 10 violate the
/ ordinance again. aud be would no doub
have been treated with the prevailing
| leniency of thu day and let off with tine
| OF 81 and usual costs. which reduction
would have netted him good days wages
and held him in better respect among the
officers and bis neighhors. A too free Us,
| Of the goods he deals in. however. had cb
scured his mental vision. And so. with
whisky. bad temper and fast horses, runi
the world away.