, 1922-08-17
COURT Docket
Still ACTIVE
MIDSUMMER DUILNESS IS ENTIRELY
LACKING IN MINOR COURTS. As.
SAULT AND BATTERY LEADS

One line of business that has APP
narpntly been unaffected by mid
q summer dizziness, which is said to
accompany the heated vacation per
iod, is that of the police and ~justir"
courts which continue % function
with unwOntcd vigOr. in spite of
strikes and weather.
Friday afternoon. anticipating a
picked house, Justices Dunlap and
Bcclor repaired to the district court
room. where several cases were
heard and disposed of. The first on
The docket was A. C.. Allison. pro-
prietor Of a cleaning establi fhm"nt
who was charged by Harry Neff.
driver Of a laundry wagon. with as
sault and battery.
The alleged offcnsc as charged by
Neff. the complaining witness. oc-
CURED late Wednesday afternoon on
/ Fourth street, in front of tn" d"
PENDANT Allison's place of business.
Neff had as a co-brllignr"nt. Harry
Anderson. who testified in the ease
and all three bore marks of the
triangular encounter. N"ff had sew
eral small patches Of skin removed
from his face during the alteration,
while Allison and Anderson had one
black eye apiece.
Neff tOld his story first, followed
by Anderson and then Allison. With
the exception OF incOnsequential diff
%ferences the testimony of all three
agreed beautifully and was confirmed
by one or two Others who had no
part in the scrap. 50 that a brief re
cital of the essential facts as brought
out will suffice. The interests of
tho state were looked after by Act
ing County Attorney McMicken and
Attorney N. r. Greenfield appeared
for the defendant.
Business rivalry seemed to be Mt
the bottom OF the trouble. Allison
was doing some work for a lady Gus,
toner who was waiting in his shor
for the job. During the conversation
the lady told the cleaner what pur
ported to be some derOgatory re
marks made to her by Neff, when so,
Letting her dry cleaning business
concerning the business of Allison
This angered the gentleman and he
at once called Neff up and when he
arrived at the store. called him
down, protesting at the reports said
to have been circulated by his riva
cleaner. meaning, in this instance,
cleaned of clothes.
What seemed to have started as d
friendly little protest soon grew to an
argument in which language not
found in Sunday School books was
used and in which the ~veracity OF all
concerned was questioned. finally
leading to an invitation by Neff.
eagerly accepted by Allison. to ad-
journ to the sidewalk. There they
mixed it and went round and round.
Allison admitted having struck the
first blow and while he and Neff
were milling merrily, young Ander-
son, who had been sitting on the
laundry wagon in the street. hoped
into the fray to assist Neff, who was
repeatedly described as a "cripple,"
as he had suffered an injury to one
limb" a few days previously.
Neff fades out Of the scrap at
about this juncture. while Anderson
and Allison proceeded to exchange
near-haymakers until the fight was
stopped by the arrival Of an officer.
who called time" before a X. O.
had been registered, although there
was some gore in evidence. both on
the sidewalk and the clothes Of the
principals. Attorneys for both sides
summed up the case briefly and the
court announced his findings, which
were to the effect that Allison paw o
fine Of $40 and costs to the amount
of $3.50. Defendant had brought his
check book In anticipation Of this
outcome and the details were soon
closed.
Burglars Bound Over
| Justice Beeler heard the next case
which was a preliminary hearing for
the two men who are alleged to have
entered a local garage and taken
two tires and other accessories. while
stopping in this city on a trans
continental automobile journey which
began in Rhode Island. These men
give the names of Smith and Need
ham. and they were arrested at
Green River shortly after the com
mission of the alleged crime. and
brought back here and lodged in the
county Jail pending a decision on the
part OF Officers in their home state.
who had wired that the car in which
the party was travelling was stolen
and that %extradition papers would be
forwarded at once.
Apparently the Rhode Island Of
ficers were satisfied with the pros
rect OF getting back the car. for
they seemed to get lukewarm in
their desire to have the men re-
turned. so 1t Is up to Carbon County
to see that they are punished. OF
guilty. for breaking into the, store
here. Both men waived preliminary
examination and were bound over to
the next term Of the District court
with bonds fixed at $3.50 each.
DarktOwn Carving Rec
The double cutting In which
George Monroe and George Harris
INDUCED in the early morning hours
of last Friday week was given its