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Rain Led to Drink, Painter Explains In Plea to LarcenyGerald F. Doan, 48, of 50 E.North St., today explained to Knox County Judge Gale Mathers that his troubles began when it started raining recently and he was unable to work as a painter.Doan said he drank for several days. He pleaded guilty to lar-| ceny of $16 from a bartender who! had sent him to a bank for! change. Judge Mathers sentencedj Doan to 30 days in.Knox County Jail as a condition of one-year probation.The defendant said, *T wouldf rather stay in jail for awhile until I get straightened out/* Judge j Mathers countered, “Or until it stops raining?”Fay Benjamin Smith, 55, of; Galesburg was sentenced to four! months at Illinois Penal Farm for* violation of vagrancy probation.' Police arrested him /or intoxica-i tion. 1
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Galesburg Register Mail

Galesburg, Illinois, US

Fri, Apr 30, 1954

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