The San Francisco call., 1905-02-16

ing to overhear something that he
might utilize as a medium of levying
blackmail. Patrolmen Dow and Dob
bin also expressed opinion that Mr..
Belts, whom they had arrested and
booked for vagrancy, was a -Peeping
Tom" and Judge Mogan gave them
until next Tuesday to find out more
about the defendants past.
Its ard, sir, cruel ard" said VIII
liam Robb, late of London, when
Judge Mogan sentenced him to twen-
ty-four hours Imprisonment for hav-
ing obtained 81 so by false pretense
from philanthropic transplanted
Briton.
1t might be worse" his Honor OBJ
served.
so it might, sir. so it might, Mr..
Robb agreed, AN 1 hain't complainin'
abeout wot you've landed me. Wot I
means ter saiy, sir, is that it's bloom
in ard ter be wrongfully accused" ;"
You would better get away from
this country, for you seem incapable
of thriving in it, the Judge remarked.
Never fear, sir, never fear. Just
as soon as I've done this little bit in
the jug I'll 'asten to Haustralia.'
May you find society over there
more to your liking said the court.
''Thanky, sir: thanky earthly" Mr..
Robb responded.
Seventeen-year-o Joe Tobin indig-
nantly denied he was a vagrant and
conclusively proved that his arrest and
booking for vagrancy was a blunder,
inasmuch as he dwelt with his parents
and worked every day for his liveli-
hood. So he was dismissed by Judge
Mogan, who remarked that the little
chaps Indignation was justifiable.
for N
his home last Tuesday evening and
while awaiting car at Ninth and Bry-
ant streets he reclined in an empty
wagon and fell asleep. That was where
Patrolman j. Moran found him.
Attorney Percy E. Towne disclaims
obligation to the court official who,
either unintentionally or mischievously,
had his baptismal name published as
that of j. E. Towne, bartender, who
was robbed and brutally beaten by
Robert Coronel on the Barbary Coast,
for which crime Mr.. Coronel is held for
trial in the Superior Court.
J. Sigota, accused of shifting Peter
Mosteriga's head with a cribbage board,
chair and several other impromptu
weapons, ayers there was money at
stake in the card game in which the
row originated, but the proprietor OF
the saloon at Pacific and Stockton
streets, in which the game was played,
fatty contradicts Signor Sigota's aver
ment, and declares the honor of win
ming was all that the players contended
for. Signor Sigota, however, obstinately
maintains that not only was United
Stated etscurrency the bone Of contention,
but that the upsetting of the table
dumped the coins upon the floor, where
they were scrambled for, obtained and
kept by persons who were not at all
entitled to possess them.
Signor Mosteriga corroborates the sa-
loonist's allegation anent the absence OF
cash and. pride of conquest being the
only prize attainable. Cribbage was
the game, Signor Mosteriga says, and
he and Signor Sigota were rivals for
the Latin quarter championship, the
latter gentleman being intrusted with
the task of tallying the points made by
both In the course of marking Signor
Sigota gave Signor Mosteriga only
15-2-15-4, whereas Signor Mosteriga had
scored and was entitled to be credited
with 15-2-15-6. A mild remonstrance
from Signor Mosteriga provoked SiSnor
Sigota to commit battery with the
marking board, and subsequently with