The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-28

! 1t is no Josh" on Fred McGurrin
that the man ne defended in the police
court yesterday against a charge of
vagrancy was sentenced to 80 DAYS.
Fred did all any attorney could be ex-
pected to do with any show of reason,
but he labored under the disadvantage
/ OF having for his principal witness a
woman with a tongue She testified
and testified. and there was no stop
ping her till a care-worn expression
came over the youthful countenance of
| the defendants attorney, while a
smile that was only kept from being
an uproar of laughter by the stern
visage of his honor, went round the
courtroom
1t was the case of Edward Daily.
who was arrested early Thanksgiying
morning on suspicion that he was at
tempting to roll a besOtted way
farer. There was not sufficient evil
dence against him TO warrant a more
severe charge, SO it was decided to try
him for vagrancy. When his case was
called in the afternoon, Fred McGurrin
appeared TO defend him, while w. T.
Gunter appeared in Prosecutor ShOupS
accustomed place. When the evidence
Tor the prosecution was in, Attorney
McGurrin called as his principal wit
ness a woman of the town, who goes
by the name of Gussie Blake, the in
tentiOn being to show that Daily had
an occupation which ne followed for a
livelihood, as tending to disprove the
charge of vagrancy.
The woman took the stand and testi-
fed TO everything within the rules of
evidence, as well as some things that
were somewhaa over the lines. She
swOre that the defendant was employed
by her to sing and dance in some sort
of an annex that is now in connection
with her place, and then came a dis
sertation on the quality Of his voice.
According to her judgment Sims
Reeves was a curb stone warbler
compared to Daily: and as a ballad
singer, Tony Pastor was a freak. And
dance. Wei, that was where he did
shine. No such nimble-f footed genius
had ever executed d sand jig or
danced a buck and wing" He was
simply marvel in both lines 1t took
her nearly 10 minutes to deliver her.
self or the encOmium, and when she
had finished, every listener held his side
to prevent an explosion of laugh
ter, with two exceptions They
were the defendants attorney. who
plainly had that tired feeling" and
the man who sat behind the judges
bench. That individual evidently came
to the conclusion that the defendant.
if he was so accomplished, ought to he
in better business-in fact. he said
so, and pronounced a sentence of 80
days.
Charles Gulbransen, otherwise known
as Charles Edwards, and Fred Rob-
inson appeared before Judge Wenger,
charged with fighting, which had been
lodged against them as a result of the
manner in which they celebrated
Thanksgiving. They had entirely re-
covered their dislike for one another
or, at least, appeared to have done So
as they sat side by side very meek.y
in Judge Wenger's presence.
The former pleaded not guilty, but
the charge was proven against him
and he was fined 81, while his e-st-
while antagonist got off for s. by plead
ing guilty.
LincolI Hayes, Frank Rogers and
Charles Low were convicted of va
grancy and sentence suspended. The
two former, being OLD Offenders, We're
given TIL dark to get out De Town.
There were a number Of minor cases,
Thanksgiving DRINKS, etc., disposed of
Attorney w. p. Gunter, who IS tax
ing the place of Police Court Clerk
Shoup during the latter's absence,
made quite a record as a prosecutor.