The San Francisco call., 1904-03-15

that either of the gentlemen acted with
malicious intent the case was dis
missed.
Does your Honor mean to say that
Mr.. Milo did not intend to infiict griev-
Gus bodily harm when he struck Mr..
Mccormick with the cleaver?" inquired
the prosecuting attorney.
That's what" replied the Judge "If
Mr.. Milo had really intended to injure
Mr.. Mccormick he would have smitten
some part of his anatomy other than
his head"
Joseph Miller, cigar dealer at Geary
Judge Mogan on charge of selling
pools on horse races. and informed the
court that he had not employed an at
torney and would defend the case him
SELF
$50 let 1t be-" remarked the Judge;
but don't forget, Mr.. Miller. that the
layman that acts as his own attorney
usually has a fool for a client"
Mr.. Miller was given until this morn
ing to digest this chunk Of judicial
philosophy. The arrest was made by
Police officer Cogill who invested a
dollar to make his case good.
Mary Jones-which probably is not
her name-was such an unlikely look
ing person to be accused of vagrancy
that Judge Mogan held her until the
police have discovered something more
about her identity. AS she stood before
the bench there was refinement in her
countenance, costume and manner, and
the Judge rubbed his eyes and glanced
at her again after Policeman Connolly
had sworn that he found her wander
ing about Chinatown in an intoxicated
condition. She was not sufficiently ine-
briated to be communicative, however,
and all she told was that her name was
Mary Jones and that she did not reside
in San Francisco.
But there was nothing incongruous
in Margaret O'Connell's appearance as
she was accused of vagrancy by Police
man Harry Hook. "Old offender was
plainly stamped upon Margaret's bloat-
ed countenance and betrayed by her
bedraggled attire. Take her away and
I'll sentence her tomorrow" said Judge
Mogan, YEARLY when the policeman's
recital was finished.
William Enright visited a catchpenny
show in which the marvels of electrical
invention are exhibited, and so enthu-
siastic did he become over what he saw
that the manager of the establishment
summoned Police officer Eckman to
eject him. Three times did the officer
gently thrust William outside the door,
and three times did William return.
Then the officer exercised little
roughness, whereupon William kicked
the officers shins. Arrested pronounced
guilty by Judge Mogan and remanded
till to-day for sentence;
Sarsfeld O'Brien, who has been i'm
prisoned for vagrancy until the County
Jail complains of a void when he is
at large, stood before Judge Mogan
yesterday and eloquently pleaded for
the release of Lawrence Ryan, with
whom he was arrested on the old
charge.
May it please the court" said Sars-
field. Il ask for mercy for my fellow
defendant. His noble spirit is suffi-
ciently Inundated by appearing here,
and your clemency-"
How long have you been out of
jaiI?" was the irrelevant interruption
"A long time-seven weeks"
Must seem like a lifetime to you"
remarked the Judge. Come up to-
morrow and I'll send you back to the
old home"
"All right But in advocacy of my
friend here, Mr.. Ryan. desire to say"
"Oh, go along to the tanks and take
Mr.. Ryan with you. Next case, Mr..
Clerk
Sarsfeld O'Brien shufaed away with
the air of a martyr to judicial tyranny.
The gray-haired mother CT 16-year-
old Thomas Kerwin tearfully acknowl-
edged to Judge Mogan that the courts
previously expressed estimate of her
sons worth had proved correct, and
that she desired the Judge to punish
the incorrigible youngster as he consid-
cred proper.
Twice had the boy been before the
same tribunal on charge of petty lar
ceny. and twice had the Judge respond
ed to the mothers pleading and re-
leased him. So when he was arrested
on the mothers complaint of incorrigi-
bility the Judge was not surprised.
"I told you twice before" he said to
the weeping woman, that this boy
would never be anything more salts
factory than a criminal and migrate
He is instinctively bad, and it would
have been better for him and for you
If l had sent him to reformatory
when he first came before me. 1 will
do so now, and for your sake 1 hope
that his new environment will extin-
guish his vicious tendencies"
John Kelley. colored man, who
claims to be of Hibernian nativity. was
I sentenced to thirty days imprisonment
for vagrancy after he had begged
Judge Mogan to enable him to be at
liberty to celebrate the natal day of
Erin's patron saint.
| Herman Payne. master of the lime
| juicer Mandalay, was found not guilty
of shooting at Watchman Charles Poy-
er of the same trim craft. Captain
Payne explained that he carried pis-
, tol because he was afflicted with
rebellious crew, and that he was sim
ply transferring the weapon to Poyer.
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