The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-09-22
ANOTHER DAY OF FUN AND FINES
PROVIDED BY KANGAROO COURT

The feature OF the Kangaroo court
yesterday afternoon was the trial of
Jack Gleason Mr.. Gleason had acted
as the presiding judge of the travelling
mems court. known to the world as the
Crocodile court" The warrant against
him charged the heinous offense of i'm
personating judge. Mr.. Gleason saw
that the evidence was against him. A
GEes were wfllii z to testify that the
Impeachment was proper and the pris-
Oner entered a plea of guilty
Judges Silks and Pardee. the only
members of the bench who were sitting,
consulted, together a few moments
Then they learned that the total
amount collected BIZ Mr.. Gleason as
Crocodile Judge aggregated ss6. After
a few moments more of fake delibera-
ton Mr.. Gleason was fined $66. He
knew wnas was coming and promptly
produced q sack containing the required
amount.
The first victim of the afternoon
was James McTerney. He was charged
with being an 1rishman and wearing
an orange tie. Mr.. Justice Silks was
disposed to be very lenie1t with the
prisoner Here's a gentleman" he
said, who keeps his place open on
Sunday 10 oblige the public and I think
We Ou8lll 10 Dc easy WIFI ulIT1- MI.
Justice PaTdee cOncurred in the opin-
ion of his distinguished colleague and
McTerney was let go With a fine of s..
II. J. Faust was charged with being
a fine looking gentleman. He denied
the insinuatiOn and offered photo
graph of himself in evidence. but the
court couldn't see it that way. He
got away with depositing dollar with
Clerk Shirer.
For selling foreign beer J. w. Olsen
was dragged before the court. Mr.. OIL
sen pleaded guilty in the most braZen
manner and was taxed $3.50. An ad-
ditionaI so cents was added when he
called the fine easy"
Asst-.ant County Attorney Fred
LOOfbourOw was locked up for looking
into the Jail and chewing the rag
with sundry prisoners. He pleaded
guilty and was let off with a fine of
81
Wyoming Judge Fined.
Judge D. A. Preston of Rock Springs
had no tangible excuse to offer for liv-
ing in Wyoming. The offense was
cons dered so grave by the court that
Mr.. Preston was fined s.. He chuckled
as he paid the money over and his hi
larity cost him another dollar.
Eugene Roy, q travelling man who
weighs in the neigh borhood OF 40C
pounds. was hauled up for being over
There was some argument between the
judges as to whether or not Mr.. Roy
oughtn't to pay d cent pound, but il
was finally decided TO let him go for 81
Johnnie Chapman. the well known BIZ
cycle rider. was easily convicted Of rid
ing a wheel inside the enclosure and OF
laying down" TO King in the last race
between them. II cost him 50.
The only instance of the day where
a husband and wife appeared together
was that of Mr.. and Mrs. J. II. Brady
of Pocatello. Their only offense was
taat of living in Idaho and. as they
promised to spend all OF their money
inside the carnival enclosure. they were
let off with 30 cents each.
There WIS a roar Of applause from
the audience when Bert Sesboldt was
pushed into the dock. He was accused
/ of deriding the decisions of the court
in saying that certain gentlemen should
nave been fined more heavily AT first
Mr.. SeahOldt demanded an attorney
but. on looking over the available ma
terial, Judge Diehl and Mr.. Silverstein
he decided that it would cost him less
to plead guilty. Five dollars. was hi:
portion.
George Wedgwood. the well known
American Book company man. was
/ brought in for Sleeping until 9 O'Clock
IN the morning. His denial was takeT
as utterly false by the court and he
paid s. to the building fund.
List Of Victims.
Others who appeared for various Of
lenses and we're punished were Pa