| Show Police Court Notes In the case of J Alt for selling after hours prosecuting witnesses said that when they applied for dr nk the proprietor told them that i they would get rid of a etrangei who went in with them he would give them what they wanted but h < thought tbe other man would give a i saloon away for 5 Conrad testified that be sold nothing but ginger ale when a bottle was produced which the witnesses had purchased of him and was pro nonnced wbi key Tbe witnesses testified that they were regularly employed detectives In tbe case of Ordner Patterson Wright witness said they were refused re-fused anything but ginger ale ana that they concludeded t take it Marshal Burt testified that be bad engaged the witnesses as detectives tofind out whe violated the law The trials on Thursday drew out A large crowd particularly of ealoon keepers The officers served notices 1ne lcorl on several dealers wnue at me court they having gone to hear the cases of fellow saloon keepers Ont of the dealers was making merry over the notices that were being read to others present by tbe officers and was telling them they should not violate vio-late the law close piompty as he did etc and they would be safe Just then an officer stepped up and presented him one of the dreaded papers which to the amusement of 1 those he had been joking somewhat chilled his before merry nature There were examined on Thursday Hill Trewbella tried the day before be-fore on a similar charge Erickion Ordner Patterson J Alt Russell Burns Gray Wbitobead and CIa bpy Hogle Owing to some defect in the paper Clasbey Hogle were discharged the merits ot their case not being brought out All the other were adjudged guilty fined 9 each and the license of several forfeited The defendants tnr > lr a nnaniYn nart in the examinations contenting i themselves with pleading not guilty and crossexamining the witnesses of the prosecution submitting the case on their part without offering any testimony In each case as soon as the sentence had been pawed tbe defendants gave notice of an appeal Aa all followed the samo plan and as Arthur Brown Esq appears for each i is taken for granted tbat tbe saloon keepers have mutually combined com-bined and are Inking concerted action in the mutter They are evidently noting under legal advice and it is thought tao fight between the city and saloonkeepers which was foreshadowed fore-shadowed by the organization of the Liquor Dealers Protective Union hag commenced in earnest Judge PJ > er was kept busy all day on Thursday with these cases and will be to day the police serving notices no-tices on all the ealoonfceepera with but very few exceptions |
