Bosher St. Police Court

by Aussie Meyer
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Story

Each spring, on the night of the annual Boat Race between Oxford and Cambridge, a certain spirit of revelry prevails, especially among the members of the Drones Club, and the next morning often finds them hostage to the constabulary and having to make an appearance at the Bosher Street Police Court before returning to the free world. The magistrate, Sir Watkyn Bassett, found 5 of these Drones (Archie Mulliner, the twins Claude and Eustace Wooster, Gussie Fink-Nottle, and Freddy Widgeon) awaiting judgment this morning for various infractions against the law (in no particular order: Disturbing the Peace, Indecent Exposure, Stealing a Policeman's Helmet, Vagrancy, and Drunk & Disorderly).

In order to avoid the public stigma of being jugged, these miscreants cleverly presented pseudonyms, so that their own names wouldn't appear in the papers. On this date, Albert Hall, Louis Armstrong, Daniel Boone, Seymour Butz, and Leon Trotsky were the names given by the defendants.

In order to gather the information for the annual Boat Race Night report in the Drones Club history, we must sort out from the 8 clues below which fellow appeared before the judge's bench in what order, what name he gave, and what crime he was sentenced for.


./Labels/h_Drone.png ./Labels/h_Alias.png ./Labels/h_Infraction.png
./Labels/v_Archie_Mulliner.png ./Labels/v_Claude_Wooster.png ./Labels/v_Eustace_Wooster.png ./Labels/v_Gussie_Fink_Nottle.png ./Labels/v_Freddy_Widgeon.png ./Labels/v_Albert_Hall.png ./Labels/v_Louis_Armstrong.png ./Labels/v_Daniel_Boone.png ./Labels/v_Seymour_Butz.png ./Labels/v_Leon_Trotsky.png ./Labels/v_Disturb_Peace.png ./Labels/v_Exposure.png ./Labels/v_Steal_Helmet.png ./Labels/v_Vagrancy.png ./Labels/v_Drunk_Disorder.png
./Labels/v_Order.png ./Labels/h_First.png Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark
./Labels/h_Second.png Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark
./Labels/h_Third.png Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark
./Labels/h_Fourth.png Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark
./Labels/h_Fifth.png Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark
./Labels/v_Infraction.png ./Labels/h_Disturb_Peace.png Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark
./Labels/h_Exposure.png Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark
./Labels/h_Steal_Helmet.png Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark
./Labels/h_Vagrancy.png Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark
./Labels/h_Drunk_Disorder.png Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark
./Labels/v_Alias.png ./Labels/h_Albert_Hall.png Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark
./Labels/h_Louis_Armstrong.png Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark
./Labels/h_Daniel_Boone.png Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark
./Labels/h_Seymour_Butz.png Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark
./Labels/h_Leon_Trotsky.png Mark Mark Mark Mark Mark
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Clues

  1. The twin who was hauled in for Vagrancy appeared sometime before "Daniel Boone", who in turn appeared sometime before Freddie Widgeon.
  2. "Leon Trotsky" (who wasn't Indecently Exposed) was the next one up after Gussie Fink-Nottle.
  3. "Louis Armstrong" was not the first to appear.
  4. Claude Wooster appeared sometime after the fellow who pinched the policeman's helmet, but immediately before the one who was Disturbing the Peace.
  5. Archie Mulliner was seen right after "Seymour Butz" (who wasn't the second or fourth defendant seen).
  6. "Daniel Boone" wasn't the fourth one up before the bench.
  7. Gussie Fink-Nottle and "Albert Hall" did not steal any policemen's helmets.
  8. Freddy Widgeon did not Disturb the Peace.



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