Show 1 the people vs bums on oil wednesday mr robert burn burma proprietor of the broom hotel bax barroom room waa was arrested on a charge of selling whisky before tivo five in the tile in morning oming mr burns bent ent to salt lake city for S W esq his legal who came up or ning tode feud his is clients cause he before f alderman N T tanner a jr the case came on fa for r hearing 1 earing at 10 a in in the new cit city y building jas N kimball esq appeared for the city mr darke for the defense filed A dc des alleging that the city had no jurisdiction of the case AS ins under the charter no public had been committed he ife basel based big his argument fu ment on sec 33 of the city C charter barter which bays says to regulate the selling or giving away of any ardent spirit or other intoxicating liquors by any any shopkeeper grocer fr ocer or trader to be ie drank in any shop store grocery outhouse out oat house yard carden garden or other ather place ditl within i the tile cit city except by bv persons or at places plat tuly duly licensed licen ced the defense claimed that the city in in issuing a license had forfeited the their P power r of f regulating such places and d quoted quoted authorities althon authon es to sustain this position alderman tanner took the mattei under tinder advisement until 2 in the afternoon this afternoon alderman tanner I 1 overruled the demurrer and mr burns was fined and costs the counsel for the defendant pave gave notice of appeal to the first district court |