Telegram-herald., 1890-08-17
POLICE AND COURT.

A TIE morning. sesssaa - eoS.It yes
Lsfa4ss two persoas Sere punished Ter
eruaksnlsss. JEAN Bscfee aud A.
f-saer we've ssnlsnee,s % pas knes Of
> eaca @1a eosss of suit, amounting %
ss-s9 n eAeh case, OF, il default Of pay
nie1t, . oe confined Al hard l2boE in
Ihe county lal for = parod of tea days.
Ao@ Why tea days instead of twelve
days, as Judge Holmes would have
gwen tnem9 Persons who have read
TFo.lce ard Court snce Judge West
t2il las sat GA the bench, nave noted
that Judge Holmes gives All drunks J.
days, Nhi.4 Judge Westfall gives 10
DAYS OF course the explanation les IA
the difference Of mental constitution
Of the two men. But II sn enqurng
nllnc should ask. what Is the specific
Characteristic Wuich leads one nan 10
regard 10 days = proper time IN jail,
while another mlnd hxcs l. DAYS, that
NJ al would nnd itself perplexed Il
Il Lad never before given tie subject a
thought. Say what men Viii. there Is
moral significance attaching 10 num-
Oe1s. and 70 : tlls winch causes a gwen
mind - prefer one number over an
other. A number OF children asked TO
hand out several matches from box
VIII have their different ideas OF sey-
efal according to.some antecedent state
OF their minds. one Viii regard tive
more beautiful than six or seven or
eight, ETC.. and THIS preference has u
rational explanation. liz the explana-
ton be not moral one, moment OF
thought devoted 10 10 IN q moment OF
leisure would be Improbable. Now, "a
aIaet, the numbers ten ana twelve have
thelr moral values, and IN the differ
ence between these two values fairly
represents the difference OF moral con
sutution between the two judges oil the
police court.
Charles O'Dowd has been so deeply
addicted 10 lntOxlcants thar, when ar
ralgned IN court, be was unfit for trial,
both on account OF the effects of the
recent drunk, and OF past drunks. lie
Was 10 better III the afternoon, and
Judge Westfall declined 10 try him.
He VIII DC kept under medical treat
ment until tomorrow, and if the snakes
don't eat hIm up meanwhile, he wall be
tired for being drunk.
The very same testimony that sent
Mark Sterling 10 jail for thirty days
made all III court think sufficient to
send Sterling over the road as deliber-
ate perJurer. He was peddler
with license, and, getting hard
up. he sold the license TO a man
named Van Nalken, and had
the thing transferred by special
act of the council. After selling his IL
cense, he went right on peddling Just as
If nothing had happened. When ar
rested and arralgned on the charge of
peddling without a license, he went
upon the stand and swore he had not
sold his license, had not authorized its
transfer to Van Nalken, had not re.
ceived 81 for il, and did not know until
the moment he was arrested that the
License had left his possession. Witness
after witness told the straight story of
the transaction, and IL Sterling does not
face warrant for perjury III about 50
days from now, 1t viii be because things
are not what they seem.
Do you remember Erb Brown? Or
perhaps Hop Wan will sound more
familiar. Well, to refresh the memory,
the circumstance is mentioned that
these two gentlemen and VIII Good
year and Albert Washington were ar
rested long time ago for light gam
bling. Their sentences were all sus-
pended, in the hope that the
authorities OF Grand Rapids would
see their faces no more. Yesterday
was the day to make final disposition
of their matters. Not one of the boys
was on hand yesterday, and this so
pleased Larry and the court that the
boys were all discharged.
John II. Young has not yet killed the
dog, and the explanatian OF it is post
poned to next Wednesday.
W. II. Robins saws there is 20 posi-
bility of cOnvlcting Robert McC10wan OF
larceny from the person on the testi-
mOny against him. "Police and Court"
Will have better opinion on the matter
on Thursday morning next.
John lOunSs was found drunk on
Ellsworth-ave., yesterday, end can be
found IN jail this morning.
Martin Bush is another innocent who
has been violating the laws OF health
not IN the way you read of in doctors
advertisements, but as they are written
in the city ordinances.
Archie Mcintosh Is ont on bail, aftel
having been arrested on Waterloo-St
for being drunk and disorderly.
Harry WebbeT was arrested last night
on warrant that has been standing
against HIM for a fortnight. The charg,
IS dllordcrlv conduct.