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LOCAL YOUTH !S FINED IN COURTERNEST PH RETT ARRESTER ON ('I! A ROE OF MAKING OBSCENE REMARKS TO GIRLS.TWO OTHERS ARE LECTUREDErnest Pickett. lore] youth, was ar- jire^ed Friday evening ay police offi- ;icers, on an affidavit filed in policecourt I y Captain Sprague, Salvation jArmy leader here, charging him with i the use of obscene language in the ! presence of two young girls.Pickett entered a plea of guilty,\and was fined $5 and costs by Mayor j Lee B. Hoop. He was unable to pay. i and was sent to the county jail for |ififteen days. jI- was c harged that oil two days I during the last week the Picket; vouth had made ol scene statements in the presence of two young girls, who are under the charge of Captain Sprague. The girls reported the mat-i ter to the Salvation Army leader. |I iThe statement was also made by jother girls who have been attending i i Salvation Army meetings at the hall ! in East Washington street, that theyi have been molested by boys as they left the ha!) for their homes. Two I boys were brought into police court ! this morning, and warned against a continuance of the practice.
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Shelbyville Republican

Shelbyville, Indiana, US

Sat, Jan 28, 1922

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