The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
nor fear of the law.

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Russ or Jap?" inquired Judge Ca
baniss when the name of Katsuoni
Kobacyaski, accused of having dis
turbed the peace of Grant avenue. had
been laborlously spelled out by the
clerk.
Il am a Japanese" was the de-
fendant's indignant answer.
Then what do you mean by having
that ski at the terminus of your sur
name?" demanded the Judge. No true
blue subject of the Mikado would have
anything in his name so suggestive of
Slav ancestry as ski Come here again
Monday and I'll tell you more of what
L think about you"
A white spitz dog was the bone of
! contention between two Armenians in
Judge Cabaniss' court. Charles Courian
! alleged that he had the dog in his pos
session on Post street when Thomas H.
Kullujian emerged from his store and
| snatched the animal, claiming it was
his property. AS the dog was i'll, Cou-
rian explained, he did not try to re-
cover it by force. but had Kullujian ar
! rested by Police officer Maloney, who
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case had been exhaustively argued Kul-
| lujian was ordered to restore the dog
| to Courian and advised to begin civil
proceedings for its recovery if he still
yearned to possess 1t.
Richard Moore. charged with bur-
glary, pleaded guilty Of petty larceny
and was sentenced to five months i'm
prisonment by Judge Cabaniss. Mrs
Nelson, corpulent lady, caught him
in the act of robbing her apartments
| in the Prescott House, and, after
knocking him down. she sat upon him
until the police arrived.
| Peter ]. Smith shot and killed a dog
that was playfully pursuing his chick
! ems across a vacant lot on Kansas
street, and<Officer Bates arrested him
! for discharging firearms within the
! city limits. The defendant claimed
! that he had perfect right to protect
! his feathered property, but Judge
Fritz opined that the dog had just as
much right as the chickens to run at
| large. and then he ordered Peter to
| appear for sentence tomorrow.
Washington Stoner, an infantryman
who recently returned from the Philip
pines, was unable to explain how he
became drunk night before last, as he
had not received his pay. In dismiss
ing the case Judge Fritz advised the
soldier to take care of his money when
he gets it, as the city is full of traps
for the unwary defender of his country
who has cash in his pocket.
Leave your pay at the Presidio
when you decide to come to town."
said the court. ''or. if you prefer to
bring it with you, turn a deaf ear to
the many persons who will be ready to
extend the right hand of fellowship
The soldier never realizes how many
putative friends he has until he has
pay in his pocket"
Police Sergeant Helms accused Amos
Buffum, chauffeur, of speeding his
auto at a fifteen -mile-an- hour clip on
the south driveway of Golden Gate
Park, and Judge Fritz fined Amos S.
John J. Heaney, a machinist, and his
wife were legally divorced, and the
court awarded the custody of their
minor child to the mother and ordered
the father to contribute SO a month
to its support. Instead of doing so,
however, John became an idler, and
the mother appealed to Judge Fritz
to compel him to obey the courts de-
cree. Judge Fritz told John that if he
did not pay the woman $40 within
week he would be sent to Jail, and yes
terday the money was paid. Then the
Judge advised John to make the pay
ments as they became due, even
though he were compelled to work to
obtain the money.