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Show FIRST DISTRICT COURT. Jrnlge UlacUmra Hold that a Han lUi no Itight to t.'ct Drunk Anruhcrc. Court resumed ccnlon at 10 o'clock Tdesday morning. d. h ililke, a native of Denmark, was made d citizen. The case of Provo City vs. John Mills, Intoxication, appealed from Justice "ocn'o court, was called and ajury empaneled. Mr. Faucctt, constable for Provo precinct, testified that while he was arresting a man nt Mr. Bishop' ou CeuUrfWt tin the bight or July S, Mr. Mills Tiad come in in a drunken condition and had Interfered Inter-fered with Uie witness in the per-formanco per-formanco of lils duty, ror which he then had been arrested. Mr. Ksjlloggheld that the defendant defend-ant was In his own private boarding bousaand hadarlJht to get drunk there If hdvhlhted tdt The ofllcers bad no rightto arrest him unless he was on the street or in some public place or was disturbing the peace of the public Mr. Kln;r producyj .authorities citing thst !! a pp:sou ttai dthnk, he was liable to arrest no matter where ho might be. His honor ruled that it was a sin to get drunk, and a man who got drunk should bepunl-bed no matter where he might be. Mr. Kellogg took exception to tho renmk of the coutL Ofllcer Wilkins testified to having seen the defendant drunk nt what was known as the Talmage Houi-e on Centre Street. Mr. Bishop, the landlord, had rtnupstnl tbrpmnVnl of Mills and another patty In order that the rest cf them might get some sleep. David Staatr. fbrllle dUimc, had nhraVs found the defendant to be a regular gcutlemMi and a good workman. Ho had known him since somo time in July and knew nothing about him except what was good. Arjuilla Collins had walkod homo with the defendant. He didn't knottr but what the nfan was a iiitlo unsteady, Lut l!o was lict dtunk. Mr. IlUhop testified that he had not a-ked that the defendant fliould be taken away rrom his house on the night he was arrested. Court took a recess until 2 o'clock. |