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Thread #120450   Message #2620113
Posted By: Rapparee
27-Apr-09 - 09:36 PM
Thread Name: BS: Funny Police Reports in your home town
Subject: RE: BS: Funny Police Reports in your home town
January 3, 1916: a man is arrested for stealing coal; he is also cnk. Sentence: $10.

May 3, 1916: A man is arrested for exceeding the speed limit on Main Street on his horse. Fined $25.

July 1, 1916: three boys are arrested for breaking light globes with rocks. Sentence: Pay for the globes and be turned over to their parents.

August 15, 1918. Six people are arrested for fornication at the St. Marie's Hotel. Dismissed for "shortage of evidence."

October 3, 1918. A unidentified man is arrested for "dementia." To leave town by 6 p.m.

October 4, 1918. A man is arrested for using foul language in front of a woman. Sentence: $5 fine.

November 10, 1918. A man is arrested for desertion from the Army. Turned over to the Army.

November 11, 1918. Several people are arrested for discharging firearms into the air, drunkeness, disturbing the peace and "rowdiness." Cases are dismissed.