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Must Stop PrinkingJudge Talks With Vagrant;Gives Him Unusual SentenceA vagrant and petty thief was given a sentence today that was unlike most handed out for thepast 20 years.Municipal Judge Gustave J. Keller, after a 40 minute talk with the defendant Wednesday and another 10 minute talk today, ordered Earl Besaw, 58, c/o 400 Bar, Appleton, to stop drinking and to live with his daughterA 10-day term in the Outagamie County jail was also included in the sentence, but Besaw was given credit for the time he has served since his arrest and will be released Saturday,Wednesday the judge and Besaw decided that Besaw’s drinking should stop and that the daughter would be the best one to see that Besaw did stop.Today Besaw resolved again that “he wanted to become theman he once was” and stop his chronic drinking.Besaw was arrested by Appleton police July 23 in the 400 block of an alley near Washington St. He admitted the theft of a purse containing 12.45 and small personal articles from an auto.If we had the oldtime workhouse, I would send you there, the judge said. “Ik is unfortunate that we do not still have a place where you can work instead of sitting around. He took Besaw’s health and resolution into account when he pronounced sentence. #Besaw thanked the judge heartily and swore that he wanted to come to see the judge Monday morning to tell how he was doing. The judge said he would be busy in court Monday morning, but that his chambers were open to Besaw at any other time.IftecadliLsE0abPbPrsaftddtib
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Appleton Post Crescent
Appleton, Wisconsin, US
Fri, Aug 18, 1961
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