The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-07-06
MAN Y DRUNKS
WE'RE LEFT
OVER
FROM THE CELEBRATION OF THE
FOURTH OF JULY.
Judge Of Police Court, in a Burst Of
Patriotism, Orders the Doors Of
the Jail Unlocked

The morning grind of police consist
ed OF two days accumulation of
dTunks, yass. begsars and other petty
Offenders and the mourners' benches
were So congested that for a time an
overflow meeting was contemplated in
the adjoining hall
James Anderson. charged with
drunkenness. made his first appearance
in several months and was given five
days because OF his long absence
John Chapman was arraigned on the
charge of drunkenness. The court in
quired about the man. following his
plea of guilty, and then fined him 50
or five days
Pete Murphy, Andrew Mcdonald, T.
b. Lincoln and Thomas SAWYER were
charged with drunkenness. The two
first named entered pleas Of not gull
ty and their cases were continued un-
der s. bonds. The other two were fin
ed 50 each
Ernest HuGhick and Edward Jones
were also charged with drunkenness
and each entered plea of guilty.
HuGhick was quickly fined SIS. but
Jones explained 10 the judge that he
had job awaiting MS return and up
on Detective Pender reminding the
judge that most of the drunks this
morning were "left-overs" from the
Fourth" the judge decided TO re
lease the prisoner and sent him upon
his way
r. } Reardon, a portly, good-natured
appearing young man, was charged
with vagrancy and entered a plea of
not guilty The judge was undecided
as TO the prisoner, but finally placed
him under $15 bonds and continued the
case until the arresting officer could be
present
II. c. Flanagan was charged with
petit larceny, having stolen. it was
claimed, 100 feet of garden hose and
a number OF tools. aGgregatlng about
S25 in value. Flanagan entered a plea
OF not guilty and tle case was ordered
continued, bail being fixed at $50.
John Chipp. disconsolate as ever
and with the after.effects of a Fourth
Of July drunk still marking his fea-
lures, was arralgned on the charge of
petit larceny II was claimed that
John appropriated a watch and chain
belonging TO James Goldman. the same
being valued at 81 The defendant
stated that he could not believe him
self guilty of the ofIense but as he had
been "totin' a heavy cargo of Suds,
and was more or less befogged as TO
his actions. the crime might possibly
have been committed as stated, pro-
yidcd the complainant himself was
sober at the time and was the better
capable of judging the two. The court
finally placed John under s. bonds un-
tiI Iha noNt session of pourt
John Mccarthy. Thomas Farrell and
c. w Fuller were charged with beg
gine. Each pleaded guilty and re-
ceiyed a sentence OF 10 days on the
rock pile.
After adjourniDg court the judge eX-
perienced such a stir of patriotism
within him and a feeling of leniency
toward the unfortunates whom he had
just sentenced TO duranCe vile for
their bibulous celebration of the ma
tions holiday, that ne ordered the Of
ficers at the jail TO release all those
they had become perfectly sober
"A Fourth of July drunk Is but
rush of patriotism to the head in many
cases. observed mis- honor, and is
really the most practical way in which
some of these fellows can renew their
youth. | can hardly ever bear to real
L. punish a man for acquiring simple
Fourth OF July jag any more than for
a plain New Years souse. Let EN- all
go Sergeant, It'll be six months be-
fore we see some Of them again"