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Court judge urges rockpile to curb vagrancy
O B Courtright, municipal court judge, called for a county or city rockpile to sentence vagrants and drunks to hard labor, arguing it would curb lawlessness. He cited a recent vagrant case, sentencing 30 days in county jail, and noted rising bootleg whisky prices after a traffic stop.
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O. B. Courtright
Board of Supervisors
Hobo
Oleson
Altho
South Dakota
Isaid
Brandon
Waterloo
Gosis