St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-11-10
IN THE POLICE COURT.
Judge Mahoney DispOses of the
Usual Saturday Crowd.


The agitation recently commenced
against the sale of cigarettes to school
children eliminated yesterday i'll the
the arrest of Charles feathers, a store
keeper at 222 Central avenue, on the
charge of violating the act of 1889,
which prohibits the selling of cigars,
tobacco or cigarettes to minors under
the age of sixteen years. Prof. Albion,
of the Winthrop school, made the COM
plant, and informt the court that al
most all the boys in the school were
addicted to the use of cigarettes which
they procured at the small stores in the
neighborhood. On Friday Harry
McAninck purchased cigar from
Mr.. feathers and a number
of other pupils purchased cigarettes.
The articles were put in evidence. For
the defense it was claimed that the
boys father had been in the habit of
sending him to the store for cigars, and
the defendant thought the one sold to
him on Friday was for his father. The
claim was not substantiated and the
court adjudged Mr.. feathers guilty.
Prof. Albion made strong plea for
clemency, saying that he did not wish
to prosecute the man or inJure his bust
ness, and that he only wanted to stop
the sale of cigarettes to children. Judge
Mahoney told Leathers that as this was
the first prosecution brought under the
new law he would not impose a severe
penalty, but if he was brought before
the court again on the same charge he
would receive the full extent of the
law. He was given the option of pay
ing fine of SO or of going to the work
house for ten days. A number of other
complaints were sworn out yesterday,
and Prof Albion declares he will prose-
cute every dealer who furnishes the
school children with tobacco.
Mary Peterson declared that she
wasn't drunk when the policeman found
her and a man occupying the same room
on Friday night. The man pleaded
guilty and was sent to the workhOuse
for ten days.
"Were you ever arrested befOIe?' in
quired Judge MahOney.
mo, and never had that name"
where is your husband?"
"He's a shipbuilder, and he can't
build ships here. can he? He went
where he could get work"
1.-THE officers say you had bottle of
whisky and that you threw it away
when you were arrested"
There was no bottle. That was only
to put the game on the job"
''Ten days in the wOrkhouse." re-
marked the judge as he made the entry
in his docket"
Nels johnson, big. misunderstanding
fellow. was charged with committing
an indecent assault upon Oracle Bell, a
pretty little eight-year-old girl
who lives with her parents at 1922
Twenty-SecOnd avenue south. Oracle
informed h9r mother of the affair and
she appealed to some workmen near by.
They and some railroad men chased
Johnson for several blocks. and he was
finally captured by Special Policeman
Caswell, of the Milwaukee road. The
indignant men would have made short
work of Johnson had it not been for the
arrival of Mounted Officers Williamson
and Hoban. In court the little girl told
the story of the assault in straightfor-
ward manner, but as she was the only
witness TO the occurrence Judge Ma
honey thought the evidence was not
strong enough to bind him over to the
to the district court. The Offense
charged means states prison or moth
ing, and | only wish IcOuld send him to
the Workhouse," exclaimed the court
He appears to be a stupid fool"
johnson was given a scathing lecture
and discharged.
Mike Collins. vagrant who was or
dered out of town last Monday by Judge
Emery, was caught mapping on Third
avenue south by Inspector Doyle. He
was locked up. and when arraigned in
court yesterday told the same story as
of old about being at work. He was
sent to the workhouse for thirty days.
James Cunningham was charged with
being drunk. He pleaded guilty.
''Have you ever been here before on
this charge?" inquired the court.
'Yes, SIR" answered James. 81 was
only released from the workhouse yes
terday."
1t was the same old story. Discharged
and friendless he turned at once to the
saloon. He was sent back to the work
house for thirty days.