The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-04-18
WILL BE THE SENTENCE GIVEN TO
PRISONERS CHARGED WITH
DRUNKENNESS OR SIMILAR OF
FENsE FOR SECOND TIME.
NEwIY-ELEcTED MAYOR P. H.
SHIELDS BEGINS HIS OFFICIAL
DUTIES BY PRESIDING AT po-
LICE COURT MONDAY MORNING.
Says He win Give Full Limit of the
Law to Drunks On Their Second Of
Tense and Thereafter-Intends TO
Keep city's Streets Clean From
Drunken Men.


an have You understand, sir" said
Mayor Patrick H. Shields, looking up
from the city's iuu,v.al oench Monday
morning at his first prisoner, .tnat if
you ever appear before this court again
upon the charge of intoxication, or
similar ofrcnse wherein the peace and
quiet and dignity of the city has been
disturbed. YOU will be dealt with Sc
verely. II is my intention TO break up
this thing. That big able bodied man
such as you are should become so beast
ly and miserably drunk is sin and
disgrace not only TO Yourself and your
family but to the community at large
] wish to warn you, sir, that the next
time You are brought before this court
under the same circumstances which
which have brought Sou mere this morn.
ing. shall punish you with tue full
penalty of the law. This being your
first ofrense. shall fine you but the
maximum fine which is $500 and costs.
| will simply say, sir, that this should
be taken, as fair and full warning"
From the determined look upon the
new mayors countenance, ne evidently
meant every word he said.
Inc newly-elected executive head of
the municipality took charge of af-
fairs at City Hall early Monday morn.
ing and the new Republican admins
tration was practically ushered in.
The retiring head of the city govern
nent. L. G. Grille, who closes two terms
N thai high office, was on hand to as,
'ist the new mayor and initiate him in
his work.
There were nineteen cases on the
Iocket and twelve prisoners in the city
prison. Mayor Shields opened the regu-
lar session Of police court and the pris,
aners were brought before him for trial
rne first culprit was given lecture, a
warning and three dollar fine as noted
above.
A similar lecture, warning and fins
was handed out to the other eleven
prisoners. They were all dead broke
md a jail sentence of three days each
vas given each one and the mayor in
,tructed the officers to Incarcerate the
prisoners and gave instructions that
they serve their full sentence
Five put-up fines of taree dollars and
costs and two of five dollars and costs
we're forfeited by the non appearance
# the prisoners. The money was turn.
ID over into the city treasury.
After the close of the session of po-
ice court Mayor Shields expressed
himself in unequiyocal terms that ii
was his intention to break up the
thing OF nabitual drunkenness in the
.ity 50 far as his official powers would
permit him. He stated emphatically
hat all prisoners appearing before him
ior second time charged with being
Trunk and di-orderly would get the full
init Of the law. He said if it were
lece- -sary he would fine every second of.
'endcr twenty dollars and sentence him
o thirty days imprisonment. He said
he intended to keep tine city's streets
lean from staggering drunken and
would exert every effort I'm his power to
that end.