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Show Kt'AOUt: Til Kl tt l.h'KNMS. Oil i Thin -.l.ty all. in urn, in Mill Crook pro ' oinot, . I. linos Goi.lon w. is tried in (wo j.'.t h. I'oio .lu-iiiO Snodokor, for .-oll-ttH wlii.-ky iihout licenc, tliiMilV.-n--.'s r.uiiMiig over llio whole of 1S70. Ilo lined in So.'i ami oosla in oaoh oa.-o. Ilo refused to plead and do-maiidi'd do-maiidi'd an appeal, which was granted if ho would comply with the law made, and provide. 1 in siu-h oases. The-trouble wall this ooiiiloinan is, tint bo do. s not desire to rooogni.e .fi l.tw iiiiilioiity nr civil powur, if it does not s.tuio with bis idea.-; and as ho has taken ;l lit of antipathy to Toriiloiial imui-h of every kind, ho refuses to rocot;nizo thoin; and on the same principle would recognize no courts th it required him to abide the needful laws and regulations mado-to govern society. In this oi'y, whore the samo opposition to the laws and municipal authority is displayed, the proper course l'or tho Commou Council to take, is to revoko the licenses of such men who persistently refuso to be bound by municipal ordinances; then place nn officer at the door of tho place from which the license is taken; and force the.-e litigious individuals to become be-come plaintiffs, in a suit at law, to test the city's right to protect itself and the interests of law-abiding citizen's. The same course might also be adopted by the county. |