The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1900-12-11
THE POLICE
DRAGNET.
UntortunateS Before the
District Judge.
uII 1 nnvJc amor clm,,oo
WllCOX'S WISE SAYINGS
a Trio OF Oriental Ladies Who Melted
His Honor With Their
Goo-goo Eyes.


a calendar crowded with sixty-five
cases yesterday morning reminded the
habitues of the District Court cf me
good old times which obtained before
the beer famine.
Amenities between His Honor and the
drunks were OF an unusually candid and
entertaining nature.
James Johnson said that ne was
slightly inebriated. in response TO the
Magistrates query as to his sobriety.
How many was it?' asked His Hon
or
Memory falls me-" answered he
slightly inebriated one.
Well" said the Judge. for a slight
inebriation a slight fine will meet the
case. so suppose We call II two dollars
aud costs"
IN, pay It," said Johnson cheerfuIly, !
Mathew ptead not guilty. To having
been under the influence. lie said his
feet hurt him ana ne sat down To rest
them ON a doorstep and fell asleep.
You wanted To prevent a rush OF
blood To the feet. 4 suppose" interpO-
lated Judge Wilcox.
Il never drunk" exclaimed defend
4
all this time. My feet sore and 1 rest.
Maybe my friend give me two drinks.
but 4 never drunk, Oh noi'
Judge Wilcox thought differently,
however. and Mathew had To- pay.
MalinOsky and kopsky. "a long and
charge was changed To that of drunk
euuOss.
"Oh yes. We been drunk" acquiesced
defendants joyfuily; eve been drunk
all right"
They also contributed to the Golfers
Ot the court.
Attorney Vivas said that ne had &C.
b. present iu the Circuit Court. and
asked that Ills Honor's decision In ths
hold-ovcr case against his client. l.. q.
Farrias. bc not given until he could be
present.
I'm not going 10 sentence you. Mr..
Nlvus,' remarked the Judge. so 40
WON'T interfere with the Courts deci-
sion whether you are here or not" Mr..
INlvas subsided.
Miaginga. sezuH and uanaro. three
pretty uttla japanese girls. We're In
trouble Tor disturbing the quiet Of the
might. The biggest girl was the mother
90 the other two. IL appeared that ear
| ~ on sunday morning they were play
ling ON Japanese instrument In their
IhCmo and that the Inmates Of "a neigh
boring lodging house complained. The
trio said that they were guilty. and
promised never Co do it again Ia they
we're excused this time. Then they
stood and made soo-goo eyes at the
Judge.
fns Honor melted and let them go
with these words.
"A have sometimes heard the Cen
tral Union church music when 1 was
three blocks away"
The picturesque little ladies courte-
sled low 90 the Judge. the Deputy Sher-
In. Toma. the pride OF the force, and
gracefully shuffled out OF court.
} a native boy charged with larceny In
1.-THE second degree stood mute and an
swered the Judge never a word.
"ffe is wharf-rat who has got along
In his profession" solilOquised His Hon
or as he committed defendant for trial
LAT the Circuit Court.
An San. charged with running Rus
sian war game. was fined s25 and costs
"ff we can get hold OF the men be-
hind the games we won't have so many
little boys brought here for patronizinG
them" said the Magistrate.
Hannah Kealoha. n native girl, wa
charged with assault and battery on ID
TIanamalkaJ The girl told story Of
shameful abuse on the part OF com
plainant. She said that she tried q
get away from him and that he poured
water over her and said he could d'
what he liked and was immune from
arrest. as he was special pOhcefnai
. under Captain Parker.
so you are one OF the brave defend
ers on the volunteer police force" re
dccted Judge wilcox. by your treat
ment of this girl you have STAMPED
yourself as unit 20 remain on the rol
OF the company. Your name should b.
stricken from the list"
| As the girl turned To leave the court
His Honor said 90 her:
Don't bite him next time. take
club"
Twenty-four Cinnamon were reprl
manded and discharged for allege
gambling at dominoes. The prosecu
ton failed 20 make their case stick.
why was the charge brOught2' ask
. ed the Judge.
Q ChilinRworth answered that com
!. paints about the gang kept coming
y and people were saying that he was re
lceivinx remuneration for overlookin
: the game. lie could not swear II none
) had been actually lost or won.
10 one defendant testified that he ma
}. lost two cents and the remainder OF IN
hatch with the exception OF three anus
ed the Court with their ingenious -
4 cuses for being on the raided premise
!. which were situated on River stre'
near Vineyard.
Ills Honor advised that the simple
way out 81 many ~ these wholesa
gambling difficulties would be TO are
n. the proprietor of the place where ti
game was run for keeping n disorder
"go away and don't come baC
arain." was the Judges parting advi'
: Ito tho speculative Pakes. Some di
y the pitcher viii 90 90 the well once U
often and get broken.
EN- SANG BARRED.