Mr. Lanham Revisited: Nov. 22, 1926

He shares some funny stories from police court

Mr. Lanham presided over a fairly large police court this morning and related a couple of amusing stories in his diary.

The one that made him chuckle that day was of a man brought in on drunk and disorderly charges — remember, Prohibition was in effect — “saying he didn’t know ‘exactly’ who sold him the liquor he had gotten drunk on.” Asked, “Just about …