Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-08-12
Several Varieties of Foreigners
Plead in as Many Differ
emf Languages.
DEFENDANT AS INTERPRETER


Judge c. r Diehl of the criminal
division of the city court had. a session
this morning that was enough to try
the patience of Job He had before
him Germans. Austrians, Greeks aud
man who was said to be an Austrian
Greek but who Indignantly denied the
allegation Then there were DRINKS,
vags. petit larceny thieves ana burg
lars to dispose of. The foreigners
could not understand English and
could not make themselves understood,
In one case the complaining witness
acted as interpreter and In another
case n co-defendaut acted as inter
prefer Then Judge Diehl took hand
aud after much signing and facial
contortions the docket was finally
Strengthened out
Joe Miller and j w Vuklick were
arranged on the charge of lighting
one is a Greek Catholic and the 9th
er a Roman Catholic Nutlick claim
ed that Miller hit him with rock
and then the pair mixed it, He also
stated In court this morning that Mil
Ter is an Austrian Greek and the latter
hotly resented It, NO. no. he yelled,
Austrian, no Greek-Austrian.' That's
all he could say Whom asked 10
plead guilty or not guilty he could
not understand ana Vukick was called
upon to act rs interpreter, He finally
got Miller to plead not guilty. Judge
Diehl was unable to make heads or
tails out of the case because Vuklick
pleaded guilty so he decided to post
pone the case until tomorrow morning
at which time there will be prbaby
half dozen men there who can talk
Creek Austrian. and any old lang
uagc.
COULD NOT UNDERSTAND.
The next case to worry the court
and counsel was that of the city VS..
=, Shrevin. a German who could talk
but little English He was charged
with stealing some meat, bread and
butter from Charles Seyboldt, a bak
er. ShreYin could not understand and
could not talk except to admit that
he did take the butter but not the
meat and bread He took about half
a pound of tactical product and then
claimed that the cook gave It TO him.
Mr.. Seyboldt, the complainant, was
called upon to talk to the defendant
and then Judge Diehl who talks Ger
man fluently, took hand I'm the case
he stole the butter Then the price of
butter went soaring. Twenty dollars
n pound, whew! Shrevin was find $40
and 1t Is likely that for some time he
yin refrair3 froas NSthe luxury of
Butter.
w. J. Chambers and George Webb,
two alleged strike breakers We're ar
raigned on the charge OF battery. 1t
is alleged that n few nights ago they
"a
near the Rio Grande depot and hat
tered him. Chambers pleaded guilty
and was fined $40 while Webb. pleaded
not guilty and was discharged
w, G. Smith was convicted Of dis
turbing the peace of one J. Leg,lrrer
at the Salvation Army barracks last
night and fined $40. Legurrler Is the
ex-special policeman who was given
six months I'm the county Jail some
time ago for criminal relations with a
l7-year-od girl He had Smith ar
rested for cursing him and using
abusive language.
John Sullivan, a healthy and husky,
but decidedly lazy individual. un-
pleaded guilty to vaerancy
by begging on the streets. For 30 days
he will have Il prominent place on the
,ty chain gang John Collins. an old
inner on the mourners bench was Civ
IN five days for drunkenness.
HELD FOR BURGLARY.
Bert Woods and John Martin the
Two young men arrested n few nights
ago for breaking into Levy's store on
state street. pleaded guilty to the
'harge of burglary in the second de-
gree and were ordered held to await
he action Of the district court in de-
ault Of $500 BAH each, Then the dock
u ended