The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-08-15
THREE HOURs OF AaoNY.
The Robinson Beer Case and othern fn
Police Court This Morning.

The Robinson Beer Case and othern Sra
Police Court This n1orniug.
Tedious was the police court grind thia
morning. For three long hours and hf-
programme last with very short waits
between the acts.
The case OF John Collingsworth. who
was arrested by Officer Campbell yeH-
terday charged with having dispensed
the ardent, was continued until ueEt
Tuesday morning.
Jim Bradford who had tried 70 satisfy
his longing for sacks by stealing q nuu-
dred Of them from Armstrong 81 kasaH-
baum yesterday afternoon ana who bad
been brought in by Officer Capron.
PLEADED guilty and was charged $40.
which he failed to pay He viii work it
out
Lincoln Payne was in court charged
with having tampered with another cuatu-
mers change in one Of the Kansas avenue
drug stores. 1t was claimed that Lincoln
put a dollar on the counter when tha
other customer put down 50 and then
claimed the five dollars and refused 90
give il up. Lincoln was not ready to ielt
about it yet, though, so he was given tilI
tomorrow morning TO get that way.
W. Is. RaDler an Innocent youth oG
seventy one was next called. He was
charged with having disturbed tile peace
and quiet Of a gentleman named Miller
and also with having addressed GO Air.
that Mr.. Miller is sure llr kuDier
did not acquire from habitual association
with his sabbath school teacher 1Ir.
Raper'5 attorney was not awake 60 the
facts in the case, nor much else that
early in the morning. as he is not uu
early bird, and the case was continued
till tomorrow morning at o'clocE
to allow him an opportunity to
get up. AIr. Rapier is higb-
ly respectable looking man and although
he has lived nearly three-q quarters of
century this was his first police court exc
perience.
1t was now Billy Robinson's innninga,
although he wasn't anxious for IT, Billy
is the colored gentleman who gave beer
parties at his palatidl residence On South
Quincy street on Saturday evenings and
0lvers other times too numerous for com-
putation. Bill was arrested some
time back in the dark ages ut the ingti-
CATION OF John Miller, tall, young man
with hlacking brush musiache aud his
case has been continued ia chunks ever
since. He tried to do il again today, bus
the judge said. nay. The city had its
cloud of Witnesses there. John Miller
swOre that he had INDUCED his tastes tQ
the extent Of a keg for the pitiful SUM
of twenty-five cents. Mr. Burton 5hci-
don testified that he had procured
all the foaminR evil he could hold
for the same financial consideration.
BIZ Eggleston was in it 90 abuVt Che
same extent and Wyman Clark lillc
the others had been compelled 40 put
up his quarter before he was able ta
get his share of the beer. They ail
swore that they had had no prior ar-
rangement with the defendant Mr.
Robinson cross examined all these wife
nesses with 1OS degrees in the shade
sarcasm and opened his side
Of the case with Lawyer Jamison
to steer for him. Nm. Meredith, John
Clemens Sanborn Boyd and Marry Greer
all swore that they had drunk beer nt the
Robinson residence, but had Clipped in
their quarters In advance. Robinson
swore on his own behalf that ho had
simply allowed the club to meet al his
house on Saturday nights and Sane
days and that every prosecuting
witness had lied. In summing uu
the evidence and delivering his
opinion Judge Ensminger held that while
a body of men had a right 20 chip in their
money and send for beer, they had nu
right after the beer had arrived 60 agree
to the admission to the same privilege In
the same instance Of any person who
chanced to drop in during the progress
Of the party. That, he held, would be
sale and punishable under the law. lie
therefore fined Robinson 500 Robinson
will carry the case TO a higher court if
possible.
A 146 pound St Bernard dog and his
character were also in court this morn
ing Mrs. j. N. Jarrett, who lives pu
Harrison street. was attacked and bitten
by the dog in question. AS 20 the dog
character it was proved that he was al-
together too playful and his owner cou-
tributed five dollars to the finances 0f the
city. The Judge held that vicious dog
should be Inuzzled under the law, even
though he is kept in his owner's yard.
There are three continued cases for to-
morrow