The last case was a complaint against a man for not keeping up good fires under the boilers.

He stoutly denied the charge; said he built as good fires as he could.

He kept stuffing in the trash, and if it would not burn he could not help it.

He was sentenced to imprisonment.
Maj.

C.said that these complaints were a fair specimen of the cases that came up daily, save that there were many more frivolous and ridiculous.