The Portland daily press., 1898-06-16
COURT DOCK Was FILLED.
Many Sentences Dealt Out by Judge
Robinson.
POEM PEDDLER BOUND OVER FOR
ATTEMPTING TO STEAL.

Patrick scott Sent to jail for steuling a
coat-Chargs of Stealing West End
Hotel Spoons Held Over Htm-Fitz-
| simmons Pays Twenty Dollars for
Kicking Tinnimore.
! 1t was varied assortment of cases that
the police department. presented for Judge
Robinson's consideration, in the Munich,
| pei court, yesterd ay, and the greater part
Of the forenoon was spent in hearing evi.
denoe and melting out justice.
| The attendance of County Attorney
Libby was necessary, as there were among
| the prisoners who crowded the dock sew.
eral whose offences were of sufficient seri
business to warrant their prosecution by
the county of Cumberland.
First grist of cases of intoxi cation
came up tor disposal. Nicholas Howard
| who said he was an old soldier, on his
way to Tugus, had fallen by the wayside,
| near the Union station. 1t was his first
appearance before court, he said. but. he
seemed unusually familiar with methods
OF procedure there. He was given a
choice between fine of $5 and sentence
of 80 days. Edward Clayton, Henry Phil
lips, John Richards, Julia III. Flsherty
| Charles W. Leighton and John Richards
were sentenced for intoxication, and
John 81. Hassett was sentenced to 60 days
oh hair dp11y, h o,-d
| Joseph H. Burgess entered an appeal
from the courts sentence of 30 days on a
charge of intoxication, and furnished a
bond of 500 for his appearance at the
Superior court in September, his mother
acting as one of his sureties. But a sus-
pended sentence, that had been hanging
over him for week, was enforced, and
he goes to Jail for 90 days.
RYAN BOUND OVER.
| Thomas Ryan, one-armed venler of
poems, who was caught, yesterday, In
tbs act of tampering with the cash
drawer in r. b. Little & Co. s store
on Commercial street, was ar.
raigned on a charge of attempted larceny
He conducted his own case in a manner
that indicated familiarity with the
courts.
John Mitchell, clerk in the store testI.
fed that Ryan came into the store seek.
ing sales for his poems, and went into
the shipping office. Mitchell followed
him and detected him in the act of rum
maging in the cash drawer. There were
few stamps and check in the drawer.
but no cash, Mr.. Little having a few
minutes before transferred the cash to the
safe. The intruder admitted that he
had opened the money drawer. but when
asked why he did it, he made an eyasiye
reply.
Frank ]. Mite hell another clerk. soid
he arrived at the store just after Ryan
had been accused Of opening the money
drawer. He heard Ryan admit that he
had opened the drawer.
The respondent took the stand and told
his story. He said he had come here from
Rockland and intended to take the boat
for Boston, as soon as he could raise the
necessary cash by the sale of his poems.
Asked If be opened the cash drawer he
replied, II don't think I did,"
"But you told the clerk you had opened
the drawer" said County Attorney
Libby. So
eff told him go I certainly 'disrecol-
leot' il" was the prisoners response
Judge Robinson bound the respondent
over to the superior court.
THE HOTEL THIEF.
Patrick Scott. a young man of eighteen
years, looked sheepish when he stood up
to answer to two complaints of larceny.
One complaint related to the disappear
ance of an ovsrcoat belonging to Frank
Tuttle, fellow employe at the Congress
Square hotel The other action was based
on the finding of 81. 90 worth of West End
hotel cutlery in Scott's valise.
Scott admitted that he took futile s
overcoat, but said he intended to return
it. He did, however, tell Tuttls he
hadn't seen anything of the coat.
His explanation about the spoons,
knives and forks that were found in his
vaIise was that he had found them in the
West End hotel offal that was hauled to
Mr.. Castner's farm last winter, while
he was employed thers. He cid not
return them to the hotel or say anything
about his finding them, because he did
not care to incur the dispIeasurs of the
steward by letting him know that spoons
had been thrown away with the waste
A nickel-p plated bit, worth 81. 30, was
found in Scott S valise. and that was also
identified as being the property of Mr.
Cashier. This article SCOTT said he found
in the straw beneath the West End stable,
one day when he was hauling out dres-
sing.
Fred P. W hitaker, assistant manager
of the West End hotel, identified the