The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-10-20

Annie Fairchilds entertained at an lat
home iii the police court yesterday. An
ME has occupied the bench in the court
room so many times now that her very
appearance gives a familiar air This
time Annie was up tor not only indule-
ing too freely in the -'red-stuffF but ais,
for hurting a rock through the window OF
the Lone Star saloon.
Prosecutor Rogers suggested to the
court that a light sentence did not seem
| 10 make any impression on Annie. and
/ that il was about time she received q
substantial lesson. She got fifteen days
and SO.
Owing TO the slight illness of Judge
Diehl Judge Whitaker yesterday pre-
sided over the municipal court
Stune, was the muttered expression
from BIZ Bailey. a healthy. able
bodied man, as he turned away from the
Judge yesterday after receiving "A SEN
tence OF twenty-five day and 50 Bailey:
icing able 10 work at almost any task,
cnose 10 make his living by working the
charitably inclined. He was taken in Sat
urday night after he had been caught
begging in the downtown district. Prob
aDly expecting a ''floater. Bailey put Al
ready plea of guilty TO the charge
against him. but was staggered when
he received his sentence.
Sixty dollars and sixty days
With these words ringing IN his ears.
Johnson Deane. cOlOred. was led back TO
the jail cell yesterday from the court
room. The sixty days VIII give him am
pie time to reflect on his own alleged
weakness-that of having bad spells.
during which he does not know what he
is doing-and the $50 will help to impress
upon him that he had better cure the
same weakness.
Deane was charged with improper con-
duct his actions late Saturday afternoon
in a residential neighborhood - having
caused terror among women and chill
dren. That Deane is no stranger TO the
court room was evidenced in his ready
dictory manner.
When the complaint was ready to him
he pleaded guilty. and in the same breath
went TO tell the court that he did not
know what he had been doing Saturday;
that he had been drinking and that he
was subject to bad spells. during which
his actions were those Of an irrespon-
sible.
IF you'll let me go this time. judge"
he pleaded. III promise 10 leave town
tonight. and I'll never bother you again
that this case is OF too serious a ma
ture to be passed over. You will be sen7
fenced TO pay a fine of 500 and serve
sixty days in the city Jail
Uncle Sans army blue intermingled
with the shabby cOlOrs of the prisoners
bench in the city court room yesterday.
two soldiers appearing before the court.
that he had been drunk. and was as
promptly discharged. Richard Ryan, who
is accused of having broken a window
in a Commercial street resort. however,
pleaded not guilty. and asked for a trial.
Prosecutor Rogers stated that he would
be ready today. but the defendant asked
for further time. informing the court that
for the remainder of the week he woul1
be on extra duty at the garrison. Mr.
Rogers suggested 10 the court that ne
could obtain permission for Bryan TO be
present at the court today. but to this
Ryan objected. pleading with the court
that he did not wish mis- commanding Of
ficer to know of the trouble. Judge Whit
aker gave the prisoner the benefit of
the doubt and the case was set for a week
from Wednesday. Ryan being released on
his own recogniZance.
Bertha Lemhaft. an aged woman. and
evidently the victim of the neighborhood
row pleaded not guilty TO a charge of
having used abusive language. The state
was not ready to proceed with the trial
and the hearing was fixed for today at
o'clock.
Hugh McCarry made a bad blunder Sat
urday night. and his mistake is costing
him the alternative of SO or twenty-five
days in jail. McCarry was broke and
wanted some money The inspiration
came 10 him that the easiest means Of
getting it was to tap some passerby-
and il was that inspiration that led to
his present predicament. At the time