Show ittin clates murderer san francisco feb 7 albert hoff charged with tho otho murder of mary clute wife of ex collector clute ol of salt lake city has entered a formal plea to the charge the trial will begin in two weeks though holt made a flat denial of guilt it is already apparent that he be will rely upon technicalities cali ties rather than testimony as a defense ile he alleged that the information upon which he was to be ba tried was inoperative and invalid because the police court in which lie he had been held for trial was unconstitutional the lefin lea iea utility fin lity of the title of judge jo joachimsen chilsen to a police court judgeship was questioned on technical grounds judge cook overruled the objection without comment tile the point that the police courts presided over by the san francisco judges are unconstitutional has been raised in several recent cases but us as yet has not been passed on by the supreme court it may bo taken to that tribunal by iloff bioli |