The San Francisco call., 1904-04-16
MOGAN FINDS EXCUSE
FOR A LARCENIST OF SHEEP
Hereditary Instinct Ascrbed Partly Responsible fol
the Feonous Act of Robert Burns, Whose Ancestors
Probably Lifted Mutton From the Hills of the Border

when Parker "biffed' him from be-
hind.
"Butting-in is at the bottom of most
of the troubles that are ventilated in
this court" said the Judge, "and 1
wish it were punishable offense.
But the use of brass knuckles is. for
tunately, prohibited by law, and next
Wednesday I'll inquire more fully into
this case against Mr.. Parker"
|
Dime novel reading was at the bot
tom of 17-year-old George Druskin's
act in equipping himself with re-
volver. blackjack" and a false
mustache and dogging the footsteps
+, of E. Nelson of 41S1a Fulton street
+. until his suspicious behavior attracted
! the attention of Patrolman t. j.
T, Ward, who arrested him. The boy
told Judge Mogan yesterday that he
had an Unsuitable appetite for yellow
| literature, and his father, a business
man of San Jose, vouched for his in
i herent honesty. There was no gain
] saying the charge of carrying con-
cealed weapons. however. and for it
he will be sentenced to-day.
An 1S-year-old offender, named
Jacob Philer, was sentenced to sixty
/ days imprisonment by Judge Fritz
and it was the defendants mother that
pressed the charge of vagrancy. He
had stolen about 500 from her. but
she declined to prosecute him for
| felony and at her request he was
booked as a vagrant and punished as
stated.
]. B. Schooner was manipulating the
grip of a McAllister-street car when
! his progress to the ferry was >ob-
structed at the intersection of Sutter
and Market streets by a two-horse
team managed by Arthur Herman.
After the exchange of compliments
that is usual in such cases, the grip
man abandoned his post and met the
teamster on the pavement, where they
engaged in fisticuffs when a policeman
arrested them. AS it was proved by
the testimony of passengers on the car
that Schooner was the aggressor from
start to finish, his case was continued
till to-day, while Herman was dis
| charged from custody.
| Il
second spring collection of vagrants on
the water front night before last and
| the result was ten lusty hoboes before
Judge Fritz yesterday morning. They
were given twenty-four hours apiece
and advised to HE them to the country
when they are again at liberty to
tramp.
Bill-posting on telegraph poles was the
charge against Yung Him, and the
prosecution proved his guilt. The bills
consisted of yellow sheets covered with
black hieroglyphics. and the Chinese
| interpreter stated that they notified
| debtors in the Celestial quarter that
now is the time to settle up, as the an
nual exodus to the Alaska canneries
will soon be on and the merchants need
all the money they can get to lay in
outfitting supplies. Judge Mogan fined
| Yung Him So.
Miss Elise McEwen of 1885 Jackson
street, whose automobile knocked down
and injured a child on Market street,
assured Judge Cabaniss that she is
| willing to do anything that might pro-
mote the comfort of the little one, and
that the accident conveyed to her much
distress of mind. The case will be heard
next Wednesday.
John T. Kelly was an able seaman
and Thomas Barton (colored) the cook
aboard the good ship Argyle during one
of her long voyages, and when the crew
was paid off John and Thomas parted
in friendship. Before his Honor Judge
Mogah yesterday, however, John was
accused by Thomas of petty larceny.
| The colored man stated that night be-
fore last he met some of his former
shipmates, who had just returned from
Central America, and while acting as
their cicerone at Third and Minna
streets he was boisterously hailed by
| Kelly, who demanded that he be sup
piled with 25 cents. The complainant
declined to furnish the money and
Kelly then struck him on the jaw and
forcibly took from him the sum men
| toned.
Don't you believe all that this coon
tells you, Judge" said Kelly to the
court. Il know him better'n you do.
He was sassy and showin' off before
his friends when 1 hit him, but that
yarn about the % cents is all rot"
The policeman that arrested Kelly
stated that careful Search of the
prisoner Immediately after he was
taken into custody resulted in the dis
covery of only two dimes. Then the
Judge took the case under advisement.
1
B. ]. Brun could not prove that his
500 ST. Bernard dog was stolen by S.
Barnett, and Judge Fritz dismissed the
larceny charge and informed Mr.. Brun
| that his only legal means of recover
ing possession of the animal is by civil
i action.