The Archive · 1928

Free Meals for Three

the Provisional Court on Saturday, before Judge Chou, Nayer Ganim, an unrecognized Spaniard, was charged with obtaining food by fraudulent means from the proprietor of Eddie's Cafe, 98 Broadway, on Friday last, Evidence was given to the effect! that accused, in company with two American sailors, entered the cafe and had tiffin consisting of ham and ozs and pork chops. When the bill for $2.50 was presented for Payment, it was found that neither Ganim nor the sailors had the necessary money and the police were called in to adjust the matter.

Accused said that he met his friends in the Navy "¥," and hat they invited him to tiffin, Natirally he expected them to pay for the tiffin, but evidently his friends thought otherwise.

Judge Chou sentenced accused to two days' imprisonment,

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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