Jonas Ramsey, 25 years old, of 67 Boyd Street, Newark, carried a horse blanket on his arm yesterday when he was arraigned before Magistrate August Glatzmayer in the Traffic Court on the complaint of Traffic Patrolman Connolly that Ramsey had “made a public nuisance of himself by continuous blasts of his automobile horn on lower West Street.”

“Guilty,” Ramsey replied to the charge.

“What's the blanket for?” asked the Magistrate.

“Well, your Honor, my boss told me that it would be cold in the workhouse and advised me to bring along a blanket,” replied Ramsey.

“Your boss was very considerate,” commented the Court, “but as I think that very few persons were annoyed by your horn I'll be lenient, because this is my birthday. I'll suspend sentence.”

The Magistrate was 51 years old. Friends had filled his chamber with flowers and gifts. Not a prison term was imposed on any of the 251 motor vehicular law offenders arraigned during the day.