The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-29
IN THE POLICE COURT
Judge Sullivan Puts In a Very
Busy Day.
TWO SECRETARIES FINED
One Gets a Heavy Sentence for Va
grancy-Snyder Was Fined $50
for Assaulting the Officer
Who Arrested Him.

yesterday in police court. 1t was the
regular Friday trial day when Offend
ers or alleged offenders against the
| city ordinances have their opportunity
to explain how it all happened, and
there were a lot of them who were
| called to account. Among the de-
| PENDANTS We're a couple of leaders of
| Little Terrace society circles, who were
| being unable to prove he was not a
| secretary and the other for commit
ting an assault upon police officer.
Charles Clark was the defendant ac-
| cused of being a secretary, He was
before the court on a charge of va
| grancy and he made bold attempt to
| clear himself. After number of po-
lice officers had testified to seeing him
| frequenting a house of i'll repute both
| day and night, and that he had no Wis
| ible means of support, he took the
| stand and swore that he was en-
| ployed as a solicitor for Goldberg. the
| tailor, and that he received both a
commission and salary for his services.
Goldberg was called to corroborate his
| testimony, but he proved a pretty
| good witness for the city, as he de-
MED ever having employed Clark on
salary and said his employment of
| the defendant consisted Of paying him
ID MIN an &C.
casional customer for suit of clothes.
Judge Sullivan, in passing sentence,
remarked that Clark had once before
been up for vagrancy, but had been
let off through the influence of friends
He added that he was convinced that
man who would swear to a false
statement to clear himself must be
guilty. He believed the defendant was
guilty and he would therefore impose
fine of $50. Clark's counsel took an
appeal.
Burt Snyder was the other Little
Terrace amanuenss to feel the heavy
| hand of the courts displeasure. A few
nights ago officer ConlOn attempted to
arrest Snyder for creating a disturb
| ance. He resisted and gave the officer
black eye. The following day he was
fined for the disturbance and yester-
day he was called to answer for the
assault. The assault was proved and
was not denied, but the defendant
sought to justify himself by accusing
the officer of having struck him first.
Snyder's counsel wearied the court
with tiresome argument in which he
contended that because the defendant
had paid a fine for disturbance he
should not be fined for the assault, and
besides it was an officers duty to take
all the cuffs a prisoner gave him. He
took that contract when he took his
at the nonsensical argument by pro-
| nouncing the defendant guilty and
fined him 500 An appeal was also
taken in this case.
Another case to Which considerable
interest attached was one in which
William Henshaw was charged with
selling liquor without a license. Hen
| shaw is chief bottlewasher at a side
board in the Little Terrace which sup
| plies the liquid refreshments for the
cribs of this particular row. BY virtue
of the place being run in the shape of
a club, the proprietors have eVaded
the necessity of paying a license. The
Liquor Dealers association was be-
hind the prosecution and had Attor-
ney John Bloor in court as special
prosecutor, but the case fell through,
as the city's main witness fell down
on the prosecution and could not say
whether or not the drinks he had
bought came from the place conducted
by the defendant. The case was ac-
later before the court for vagrancy,
but he succeeded in proving he was
employed regularly on a salary and
this case was also dismissed.
A Mrs. Bell, charged with violating
the health ordinance, was fined s..
Julia Bertram for soliciting was fined
IS. Charles Cline, who assaulted old
man Remark with rock, got off very
easily by pleading guilty to assault
and not allowing the evidence to go
before the court. He was fined s..
Henry Menier,, the boy who assaulted
Chinaman with rock, was fined
$40 and sentence suspended during
good behavior. Peter McDermott was
fined $40 for disturbance and $40 for
carrying concealed weapons. William
Johnson, plain drunk, was fined Sc.
John Olson, up for vagrancy, was dis
charged. avs