The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-28
YOU SEE IT ON THE Tab, BUT.
1OO FhEQU EMILY HAVE ANOTHER
GUESS AS TO WHAT THE
TRUTH IS
eccentric Methods of Notation In the
Pol1ce Court Sometimes Make 1t
Difficult to Tell Whether the Prts-
oner Was Guilty or Not.

Some jugglery with the records
Of the municipal court, or what annears
SO to be. has been disclosed recently in
the disposition of three cases. In two
OF the cases, the records show that the
accused individuals have pleaded guilty.
TO the ofense charged, and yet have been
discharged without a penalty, while in
the third case, after the matter had been
disposed of in court and the record seem
lHgly completed, the guilty person was
rot required to pay the penalty inflicted
and was at the same time released with
out security, pending the reopening of
the case
In the first instance John E. Davis ap-
peared before the court Tuesday, charg-
ed with drunkenness and with disori.erly
conduct. The record shows that Davis
pleaded guilty to the charge of drunken
ness and was fined $40, with the option
of spending ten days in the workhouse
He neither paid the fine nor went to the
workhouse. Instead the item of the rec
ord showing the amount Of the fine in
ficted has been crossed off with ink
marks and opposite Davis name appears
the words stricken from the calendar"
The record shows, also, that Davis plead
ed not guilty to the charge of disorderly
GOIQUCl, Wullo lulS Is diSO
en- from the calendar
The only explanation obtainable about
the court as to this peculiar disposition
of the case is to the effect that after Da-
Wis had pleaded guilty and had been
fined, we'll known saloonkeeper had a
consultation with the court and that the
case was ordered stricken from the cal
endar." Davis, it is claimed, had up SIS
bail money, which, it IS said belonged
to the saloonkeeper and when the fine
was inflicted the money was to have been
taken from this bail fund, but the saloon
man objected to paying the fine, it is
said, and so the only way out Of the d.
Ienlna was to wipe the case from the rec
ords, notwithstanding that Davis had &C
knowledged guilt for the offense charged.
In the case Of Maud Ryberg, arrested
upon a warrant sworn out by her nus
band charging her with visiting house
of i'll repute, the young woman was taken
into court and pleaded guilty to the
charge. fine of $25 was imposed, or
thirty days at the workhouse, in case
the fine was not paid. But the young
woman neither paid the fine nor went to
the workhouse. On the contrary, she is
not in custody at all, nor is there any
known security for her appearance, yet
she has pleaded guilty to an offense and
sentence has been passed upon her by the
court. The case is still on the record,
however. having been continued from
Tuesday to yesterday and then another
continuance granted until today. But in
stead Of the plea of guilty entered by the
defendant. when first arraigned, the plea
Of mot guilty now appears opposite her
name on the court tab. Meantime Mr..
Ryberg is endeavoring to ascertain Wheth-
or his wife is in custody, at the work
house. or if she has returned to the re-
sort from which he sought to have the
law aid him in rescuing her
The third case came up yesterday when
Peter J. Vogel was arraigned on the
charge of refusing to assist an offlcer
who called upon him to help make an ar
rest The arrest grew out of row pe7
tween Detective Campbell and several
roeeeneers on an interurban car last Sun
day. One of the parties was arrested and
fired $40 on the charge of drunkenne e5
Yesterday Vogel pleaded guilty 10 tne
o1arera made against him, but again
stricken from the calendar appears OPP
nosite his name on the court tab.