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nausI eitner have teen Nrteen ID red
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lal 2rsss.on hss pgeg4 led tor some tlnss
tnst TIE Offending liQaor sellers ~ould
- treated ~ ligaE pan slA-enl 81 cash
" the-g 0aIl4ns u.4ls ter kespng
open on oQno4y sad sitter ars. bul
Jae judge A-s asps.iel that ress .oa
most e1ectually "a has rsm4I 10 sea
teae4ng Ezcklsl Aeisa fol ~. < kept
n.s saloon open 0u Sana-t. Ne.sa
keelss pl4ce on feal-ss l Mo-.
loe. and according 60 lne Nal 4llt haa
kept open on Sunday lie pleaded uoi
guilty 4I0 rad Intended o. I-N the
cas-, but when q ~, csle1 yesterday
he changed his nlad and pleaded
guilty aouutless thinking shat lc would
~ Ireated sluy ana s-Ne tho gfoublc
80 tfaL ln TIonouuosne sentence
Judge BufLngame SAID.
Il belete you have not been before
tie court beloe thar - to ssy. there
has been Case brought against YOU,
oot e las been nolle pressed, and n
passing sentence upon you / deem Il
necessary to s-ty few words. that the
course tlat thls court Mlll pursue NAV
Dot be hereafter mieluterpreted. The
court Il not respons bic that the Legs
lanr- ..has passed y lsW requiring
saloons 10 be Kept closed on sunday,
but tAls court y not responsible Tor 4,
and wlu not undertake "a sIep III be-
tween the Legislature OF the Stale OF
Michigan and u people, except 70 en-
force IL laws Now, what sAV TO YOU
= also Tor the benefit OF every man
VINO may be brought before this court.
II he cOurths been lenlent N All these
cases unIl IL WAS satisfied that the men
engaged IN TINS business knew what the
Law was. When the questions of clubs
came up before the court, and the law
was Undetermined the court was very
lenIent. The court desires 10 say tins:
That 80 TAR a Il IS able the Mil ana IN
tent OF the Legislature viii be carried
out IN this city; and although IN your
case i shall impose a nne, Vet no one
knows how near the time j. when the
court VIII not impose hnes If the
saloon men persist III breaking the law
The court may lmprlsOn and not m
pose fine, II those engaged IN this
business who know what the law Is and
who have regular hours IN which 10 do
business see Mt 10 repeatedly break the
law. They need not expect any
mercy. They are themselves 10 blame
and not the court. The poliee officers
III this city who are endoavOung 10 en-
no q ~. A. q
are brought up here and sentenced the
prosecuting attorney is not 10 blame
Tor dong his duty under the law, and
and the court Is not 10 blame for mn
posing such sentences as Will stop tins
promscuous and continued breaking
and evading OF the law | say that the
time Is not very far distant when this
law in regard 10 keeping open on Sun
day and keeping open after hours Will
not be broken because If IL becomes
necessary that the law may be enforced
the men who break 1t viii not be where
they can break 1t. Ii say this so that
there may be no misunderstanding.
Il have been lenient; have waited
and hoped that those engaged i'm this
business would undertake to live up to
the law and conform To il, but It now
comes tO that stage where the court
has to say that If the men engaged in
TINS business are not satisfied with light
sentences, but are determined to come
here constantly in order to pay small
fines, the court Will endeavor TO infiict
enough to satisfy them without their
coming so often.
There Is no one 10 blame for the sit
uatlon OF affairs, for the breaking of
these laws, for keeping saloons open
after hours, for men being arrested.
tried and convicted, except the men
themselves; and 1t Is with themselves,
and the responsibility is with themselves
and not the court, nor the prosecuting
attorney, nor the officers who are seek
ing 10 InfOrce the law.
This continued breaking of the law
will be suppressed If the penaltIcsof the
law are sufficient TO stop H. The SEN
tence of the court Is that you paw a
fine OF $40 and costs of suit instanta, or
be imprisoned IN the county jail until
paid, for n term not exceeding three
months" The fine was paid.