, 1925-09-17
YOUNG MEN ARE
FOUND GUILTY OF
BREACH OF A

lHeTe was Il large IN
police justice u Saturday night
attracted by a case which has excited
more local interest than anything
which has occurred in police circles
for a long time. Every sea- in the
council chamber vas taken and the
overflow extended to the sidewalk.
Six young men, all of them mem
bers of respectable families, and
none OF them much IL any over 81
years of age, had been arrested on
double complaints issued by the city
attorney. n charging drunkenness
and the other disturbing the peace
by the use of loud. profane and in
decent language.
Specifications Of the charges in
cluded a number Of %infractions of city
ordinances. which took place late
Thursday night and early Friday
morning in the Palace Cafe on Front
street. where the young men were
accused OF disturbing the a by
loud and broisterous conduct and Of
several acts of vandalism, including
the destruction Of property and the
defilement of furniture and fixtures
of the restaurant.
Several witnesses for the prose-
cution were placed on the stand, in
Guiding the man in night charge OF
the cafe. all OF whom testified to the
essential facts in the case, which.
with the pleas and testimony of the
several defendants, established the
guilt OF the accused without a doubt.
1t transpired at this juncture that
n young man had been wrongfully
included in the complaint and he
was dismissed and allowed to leave
the court DON So that there were
but five to receive the attention of
the court.
Each OF the young men plead
guilty to the charge Of unlawful in
t~oSication but each and all OF them
denied the use OF foul language or
Of having disturbed the peace in the
n set forth in the complaint.
Each was given an opportunity by
the our to tell his side Of the case
after which the city attorney offered
q motion which was in the nature Of
q compromise. He asked the police
ication. provided the young men
would enter q plea OF guilty to dis
turbing the peace.
ihlSs pApldlH'u lut CITY AtIOTuey.
was for the purpose OF protecting
the records OF the accused. so that In
future years the files OF the police
court would not show the more ser
ious dereliction. He made quite an
extended talk on behalf OF the young
men but made no attempt 10 minim-
Ire the gravity OF their ~offense. In
fact his characterization OF their con-
duct was extremely severe. Each OF
the accused agreed to the substitu-
ton OF the charge and the into1ica-
tion complaint was In each instance
dismissed and peace disturbance
placed on record instead.
The Judge then declared the five
defendants guilty and assessed a fine
OF 325 and 81 costs to each OF them.
but suspended the fine during good
behavior. In rendering this decision
the court read the young men a
lecture In which h. eIcoriated their
conduct In the most whitening terms,
telling them that his action was
taken primarily on account OF their
families and relatives. but that he
also had In mind the fact that the
young men were Just At the begin
ming OF their careers and he did not
wish to place = stigma on their
names unnecessarily. telnE convinced
tina, none OF the defendants would
repeat the offense.
This view OF the situation Is taken
by Tn. Republican and IL the sol.
reason why the names OF the five
young men who appeared In court
Saturday night do not appear in this
article. These young fellows are now
on probation and any repetition OF
the conduct complained OF by the
police and the business men involved
viii result In their re-arrest. At which
time. II II ever comes. OF which there
IL little possibility. the fines and pen
alties levied will be added TO q jail
sentence. a. promised f~orcefuliy BY
the police justice In rendering his
decision.