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in the Police Court. (Before Juper Connor.) ALAN EDGECOMBE, found wan dering on the street, no home, was ordered to find two sureties in $20 each or go down for three months. She will have the shelter of the Penitentiary till the middle of April. A 48-year-old mason, of Cabot Street, was arrested for drunkenness. On Sept. Sullivan telling the Judge that he was a good man and It was his first offence in twelve months, the man was allowed to go. Constable Green versus Thomas Keating. Constable Green summoned Mr. Keat ing for a breach of the 3d section of the License Act, that is, giving liquor to a young man sixteen years of age. Inspector Sullivan prosecuted, and Mr. Berteau appeared for defendant. Mr. Berteau proved the well-known orderly and legal manner in which Mr. Keating conducts his business, that the error was simply one of judgment, and in the strict meaning of the Act, could hardly be called a breach of the law. Under the circumstances and explanations, the con stable withdrew the complaint. In the other case, Mr. F. J. Morris appeared for the accused, Mrs. Susannah Clark, = ‘The complaint’s case was heard, wd he was cross-examined ty Mr. F. J. Morris. ‘The defence was postponed till Saturday, in order to get the evidence of the mother of the boy to whom the liquor was gold.
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St Johns Evening Telegram
St Johns, Newfoundland, CA
Wed, Jan 16, 1901
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