The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-07
SIXTEEN ARB
BEFORE THE
JUDGE
THEY FEEL THE STING OF JUDGE
6AGlEY'S ORDERS.
Many of Them Are Sent 10 jail to
Serve For Their Offending
Police Court News.

morning session OF police court and
disposed of most of the petty ofIense
cases which have been held over from
the first of the year, owing to the alb
sence of the municipal Judge.
Levi Southwell, charged with dis
turbing the peace, had his case con-
tinued until Monday morning, at 10
o'clock
w Nagel. the carpet agent (arleged)
was arraigned on the charge OF obtain
Ing money under false pretences. He
entered plea OF guilty and then told
his story TO the court. He stated that
he had left st. Louis year ago with
1000 and had come to Utah and lost
every cent of il In the gambling
houses of Salt Lake and Ogden He
said he was broke and had taken up
the carpet-order business to make a
living for himself.
The officers stated that Nagel had
taken numerous orders about town for
carpets and had accepted small de-
posits in advance, the would be pur-
chaser5 hearing nothing more OF him,
Cor of their carpets.
The court was skeptical and i'm
POSED fine of $50 or fifty days.
j. H. Fri2Zler was charged with
drunkenness. He said that, in his
opinion, he mad been doped In some
way. The court thought so, too. add
ing. however, that 1t was probably u
poor quality OF booze, and tive days
would put the matter right from n
municipal standpoint
Thomas Taylor was arraiGned on
the charge OF vagrancy and pleaded
fr,,ll H.. 4
thought he could give a pretty good
account of himself and proceeded to
do so, stating that he had been IN
Canada for some time and had spent
his savings in railroad fare and oc-
casionally supplying few grains OF
suStenance to the inner man. He
said he had struck town without mon
ey and had tried to bum" the price
Of 4 meal The first individual he
approached proved to be some kind
of an officer" later identified as Dep
uty Sheriff Murphy, hence his arrest.
The court suspended 25-day sentence
with the understanding that Taylor
continue his journey within an hour.
| Thomas took the hint with alacrity.
The case OF petit larceny against
Thomas Odell, who, it is claimed, took
n watch from a man who owed him
money intending to hold the same un-
| I'll the debt was paid, was continued,
upon the suggestion of the city attor-
rey, the defendant being placed under
bonds to the amount OF SIS.
The bail deposited by w. z. Hay
and George w. j. Thompson, charged
with disturbing the peace of a restau-
1xpa tr.ff IN
street. was declared forfeited owing to
their non-appearance in court. Thomp-
son, it is stated, was the man who
threw the Greek proprietor through
the glass door of his place or busi-
ness and later ran into the arms of
two officers who arrested him, The
damage was paid for.
c. Pumphries was arraigDed on the
! charge of drunkenness. He stated
! that 1t was a plain case or New Year
cele bration. His employer. Alva Al
vord, stated that Pumphries was all
right with the exception or an occas-
ional thirst, so the court imposed
fine of S5 or five days.
George McCloster was charged with
petit larceny and pleaded not guilty,
! lds case being continued with the de-
fendant under bonds TO the amount
of SIS.
Hans Virgins. charged with drunk
enness last week. but held for inves-
tigatlon of another oifense, was ar
raigned on the charge of petit larceny.
| Officer Pincock stated that Virgins
had stolen an overcoat out OF a buggy
and had pawned 1t. The defendant ad-
mitted that he had stolen the coat, but
blamed his drunken condition for II,
saving that had he been sober, he
would not have taken It The court
decided twenty-five days would square
matters with the city
George Erbe pleaded guilty to q
charge of drunkenness and was given
the usual fine of s5 or i've days.
John Kalamazoo pleaded guilty to
charge OF mcndicancy and was as
! sessed $25 or like number OF days
on the rock pile.
o. w. Speckhart entered a plea OF
rot guilty to charge OF larceny UP
Oh the suggestion OF the city attor
rey. the case was ordered continued
bail being fixed at SIS.
Jane Miller was unable to appear
ON the charge of drunkenness and heI
case was continued.
John McDermott and Pat O'Brier
we're charged with vagrancy. The lat
tor pleaded not guilty and the former
was undecided. They were ordered
held until further investigation could
be made, with bail at $2o.