Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-01-01
BEGIN new YEAR IN COURT
PLEAS OF SOME PRISONERS BE-
FORE JUDGE MULLoWNY.
Combination Of Chestnut, 90 and Is.
Effect Of Corn Whisky and Gin.
Feeling Spook- Like.

The police harvest OF New Year eve
celebrators was comparatively light, the
| session of the District branch OF the
Police Court today occupying only about
an hour. The first case called was one
Of vagrancy.
Whats your name?" the court asked.
Eddie, yer honor
Eddie WHAT
Eddie Chestnut"
'Oh, this is horrible for the first of tho
year. What's the charge. oficer?"
"Nagrancy. sir. Found him on the ave-
nue. shortly after midnight smiling so loud
he was disturbing the neighborhood. l
asked him what the trouble was. and he
said he was twenty-threc years old. had
just made thirteen new resolutions and
didn't care" Policeman Wilson replied.
Chestnut, - and %. and Eddie. too
the court unused. Terrible. Make It S.
| or fifteen days.
Changes of Mind.
Beppo Puallo. residing in the vicinity OF
New York avenue and 18th street. was
| charged with firing a pistol last night
| while celebrating the advent OF the new
| year.
Me gotta de peestoI, ALA right. and
shoota-bing, bing-in de air. Dot beega
man. he cop. he coma along and
Going to shoot again next New Year,
You beta your casha, / shotta nexta
year. ] shoota--"
Make 1t ten dollars. then"
Non, non. non." the defendant ex.
claimed Me no shoota no more,
nevair!"
We'll, put it back TO five then"
Con Whisky and Gin.
"a merry Fo'th OBJ Ju-New Years
to 70 honor, an'-er-a happy Thanks
gibin' day, too Amos Jones. colored,
drunk and disorderly" prisoner. re-
marked as he took the witness stand,
| with care-worn smile.
Thank you" the court replied. What
can l do for your
AT dorg, jedge, certainly do feels bad
dis mawnin'. 1t was con whisky and
gin, jedge, and no mo- TO me-" the pris-
oner replied. drawing the palm OF his
hand over his brow AT dorg, but Amos
do feel orful bad
What was he doin. officer?'
Shouting and raising a general dis
turbance, your honor" Mounted Police
man Creagh explained.
Which do you blame in particular,
Amos-the corn or the gin?" Judge Null
lowry asked
Con. jedge. At dorg-I jes' feels
spo9k like
well, go home, but cut out the corn"
Outside, Wanted to Be Inside.
Jimmie White, colored, was before the
court charged with disorderly conduct
last night outside of a colored dance
hall in the second precinct.
What was he doing?' asked Judge
Mullowny.
Dancing and singing and swearing"
Sergt. Fathers answered.
1T was dis way, jedge,' James ex-
planned, as he took the stand in his own
defense. II wanted to git in de hall.
jedge, and dose in de inside wouldn't let
us'ens on de outside git in on de inside.
cause we'uns on de outside didn't hab
de two bits TO to git on de inside"
THAT all?' the court asked.
mo. sair. No. indeedy; no. sair!" James
answered. Well We uns on de outside
jes' clean went daffy VIII der music what
comes from de inside. and natchu'ly We
1es' begin a dancing, and de mo- we
danced de mo- madden we gifts cause
We amt on de inside, and so we jes'
natchu'ly cuss.''
More yet?"
"Yaas, sair. Oh. yaas, sir. Some OBJ
usuns on de outside hab good voices.
jedge. and 50 We jes' natchu'ly sung, and
den we gifts pinched. jedge."
Five dollars or fifteen days" the court
replied. You ought to have had the
two bits" James gathered his clansmen
| about him, and after a fve-minutes'
search in seven pairs of pockets the
five" was produced.