The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-06
COMMON CASE FULL
OF COMP P[|CAT|ONS
Prosecuting Witness Acts as
Interpreter for the
Defendant.
CASE OF INTERPRETER WHO
WAS NOT AN INTERPRETER
Deadly Razor Plays Passive
Part in Clubbing of a
Foreigner.

Complications and situations of an
intricate and unusual nature arose in
the case against Alphonsc Iaccino.
Greek bartender, in Judge Diehl s court
| Wednesday afternoon. Iaccino was
charged with assaulting Ascara Eracka,
a fellow countrymsn, several years his
junior, with a club. The assault oc-
CURED in the barber shop where Eracka
works, adjoining the Rio Grande so
| loon, in which Iaccino is employed as
bartender.
The deadly razor was the passive
cause of it all. 1accino left his razor
with Eracka TO be sharpened. Eracka
lost it. Iaccno lost his temper, so did
| Eracka. lacclno got a club, marched
into the barber shop and laid the
weapon upon Eracka S head, then his
| arm. Eracka took the count When
he recovered, he promised to give lac
cino two razors to replace the lost one.
In police court Wednesday afternoon
Eracka disported big black and blue
/ spot on his arm, also another on his
! head. He said the club stopped there.
The defendant and his witnesses said
they know little about English and in
! terpreters were necessary. laccino s
cousin-he said he is his cousin-acted
as interpreter for the defendant. The
prosecuting witness was placed in the
unusual position of acting as interpre-
| ter for one Of Iaccino s witnesses, a
After Iaccino said Eracka did not
tell the court all his witness said, as
he said it. Another one of IaccIno s
witnesses said he had no mouth and can
not talk, Nearly all of his teeth and
part of his mouth are gone and he ar
ticulates with difficulty,
The court will render decision in
the case this afternoon.
Drunk but not drunk was the para
doxical condition of r. Taylor. Taylor
said he WASH I drunk when arrested ;
Just had a ft, fell down and cut him
self The officer making the arrest said
Taylor was intoxicated. When asked
if he had anything further to say be-
fore being sentenced. Taylor said ne
thought the officer would say he was
not drunk. The nudge said guilty.
C. L. Frost, young, well dressed and
handsome, charged with assault and
battery, was not ready for trial and his
case was set for Tuesday of next week.
'FDick" English, unshaven, unkempt
and ragged, shook like reed in strong
|
he was scared. He was charged with
intoxication but acted like man that
had buck ague. 81 m scared: Judge
he chattered Upon his voluble good
promises he was discharged and il
would have been possible to play a
game of seven.up" on his coat tail
as he left the room.
The attorney for Charles Hansen
| oh with and oSsonlt
failed to appear, Hansen said 1t didn t
matter; he could get along as well with
out him as otherwise. indicating that
Hansen takes his drinks without.
The case was continued until today
however.
The case against H. II Dalzen.
was dismissed, the principal witness
against him failing to appear.
Chill" Lambros, foreigner, charged
with riding bicycle on the sidewalk
thought he will have better idea OF
what sidewalks are intended for in the
future and was released. The bail in
the case of Carl Larsen, charged with
the same offense, was forfeited
Bessie Cunningham, dusky Gladly, y
charged with vagrancy, was given un-
til today to take her leave of Zion.
J. J. Duke, Jr., trembling like leaf
from weakness resulting from an ex.
tended spree, in Judge Diehl IS court
Wednesday morning, asked for time in
which to enter a plea to the charge OF
forgery and his case was set for 10
CLOCK Saturday morning. 1t is al
legged that Duke forged his mother Is
name to a check for $25, passing it
on the j, P. Gardner company He
was admitted to bail in the sum of
$3.50, which he was unable TO furnish
the Sheriff
The case against DR.. Joseph Milleron