The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-12
LODGERS WHO
DO NOT
PAY
ARE THE WoRRIMENT OF THE
BOYLE BLOCK PROPRIETOR.
One OF Them is Ordered to Get Out
OF Town-CrlminaI Case 10 Set
tied Out Of Court.

The morning session OF police court
involved variety of petty Offenders.
including a beggar. asthief. a disturb
er OF the municipal peace. "hotel-
Beat nm alleged Sunday liquor dis
penscr and three foreigners charged
with stealing a mans pants.
Carl Abnor was the begging one and
he pleaded guilty. adding a plea Tor
leniency from the court The Judge
was inclined to deal lightly with him
and imposed sentence of 10 dnys on
the rock pile
NJ j. McCarty was arraigned on the
charge of trcspass. having been found
asleep In room in the Boyle block
By the proprietor He pleaded guilty
and officer Mohlman explained the
matter TO the court. He stated that
the proprietor of the Boyle Block
lodging house had been bothered Tor
some time Of late by strangers COM
ing into his place and going 10 bed
without engaging or paying FOR the
privilege. In fact, it was no common
occurrence for him, while making the
rounds of his establishment in the
morning, TO come upon some unreg-
istered individual innocently buried In
the depths of Slumbcr, name. occupa-
ton and prospects quite unknown. Nc
Carty was discovered In much the
same way and tried to explain how
he had rented the room some time be-
fore. but without avail. The court
thought 1t would be better to have the
fellow out of town and gave him a
suspended sentence of 80 days
Mike Parwich, Mike Meilwich and
Sam Savage were arraigned on the
charge of petit larceny, having enter
ed. it is claimed, the room or lodger
at the Eureka house and stolen there
from a pair of pants and aconSiderable
quantity Of other wearing apparel. The
defendants were unable to compre-
hend English and the case was con-
tinued until Saturday morning. In the
meanwhile they were made to dis
robe in an ante-room and give up the
suits of underwear that were identi-
fed by the victim of the robbery as
Eim. Their bonds were placed at $50
each
Gus Christon, charged with obtain
ing money under false pretenses, was
given his hearing this morning. and.
after the examination of several wit.
pcsses, was allowed to go, nothing
having been proved against him
Thursday, several OF his acquaintance9
complained that he had accepted mon
ey from them under promises TO Sc
cure employment for them near Lake
side. When placed upon the witness
stand, each OF the three stated that lt
Was another man" who had Dropos-
ed getting work for them, and that
Gus had only acted in the capacity OF
money holder while they ascertained
whether or not the employment "ag-
ent" was dealing fairly with them. The
mysterious agent" was said TO have
decamped and nothing was known OF
him. The defendant repeated the
same story as told by the witnesses
against him and, as IL was plain that
the matter had been well settled be
| fore It's Introduction to court, the
Judge could but order the prisoner
| discharged The witnesses, prisoner
and interpreter, had been allowed to
| converse for some time Thursday as
we'll as this morning before court
convened and 1t was apparent that
| their differences had been amicabiy
| settled.
The city attorney stated that he
| did not care to fix up matter in court
that had evidently been fixed up on
| the outside. and the judge was ap
parently aware Of the hopelessness ol
! the case himself. He stated, however
that he would not order the witnesses
paid for their testimony under the
| circumstances.