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Show COURT PROCEEDINGS. THIRD DISTRT1T COl'RT, Mi KEAN, V. J.. PRESIDING. Saturday. Sept. lo. At ten oYlock the A-''"- rnrpu c:ise of C. W. Kitchen, held by the city marshal on a warrant of commitment com-mitment issued by Justice Clinton to secure the payment of a fine of $1(0 assi "sset 1 a ga i a.-1 him, IC i t ch en , for violating the city license ordinance by running billiard tables in ids hotel without lir-t procuring a license so to do, came up. Mi Bride appeared for the prisoner and lloge for the citv. Kitchen was sworn in the ease, when Hoge objected to his giving testimony tes-timony on the ground that the question ques-tion to be decided was simply one of law, whether the ordinance was void or otherwise. McBride said he desired to prove that the billiard tables were kept for the accommodation of the gin-sts of the hotel, and not for the purpose of making money. Hoge argU'-d that the evidence could only bo taken cognizance by the lower court. The court overruled the objection and admitted the evidence. Mr. Kitchen testified, in substance, , that he had eight billiard tables in his hotel which were kept lor the pleasure of his guests, or any one who desired to go there and play on them. He charged no fee faun persons who plavcd on the tables. He once tendered the city a license fee of S100 per year for each table. Three years ago he kept a billiard saloon in Los Vegas, New Mexico, where he paid a license fee of $-30 per year on each table. One year he paid no license, and did not charge for playing on his tables. On the tables he lias now no one plays " pool " for liquor or cigars. When arraigned ui the justice's court for running billiard tables without license he pleaded guilty. James Jl. Wilkin testified that he loiicc kept a billiard saloon in Yallcjo, California, where he paid a license fee of i3 per quarter ou each tahle. The iium license was charged in San , Francisco. He had played billiards , at the Gill House, but never paid ; anything for the use of the tables. ; He understood the tables were free : for all. Had never played there tor whisky or cigars. Andrew Burt testified that he knew of only one billard saloon Trowbridge's Trow-bridge's in the city. He understood there were others, but of his own knowledge didn't know. B. Y. Hampton testified on the pa t of the city that he had seen men playing billiards in the Gift House tor cigars and liquor. There were four billiard saloons in the city, three of which paid licenses. He w;is present pres-ent in the justice's Court and heard Kitchen plead guilty to keeping billiard tables in his house without a license. Witness stated that ' saloon keepers frequently put billiard tables in their saloons, and that they did not charge for playing ou thorn. The witness was asked why saloon keepers kept free tables in their saloons. MeBride objected to the question, and the objection was sustained. sus-tained. The evidence- closed with the testimony of Mr. Hampton.' The attorneys made lengthy and claliorate arguments, Mr. MeBride Liking the ground that the billiard-tables, billiard-tables, being property from which no revenue was derived, could not be taxed more than other taxable property pro-perty ; and that the city had not the power to pass an ordinance to collect a line by imprisonment when1 it could be collected in a civil action. Mr Hoge argued that the Court,hav-ing Court,hav-ing no appellate jurisdiction of the ease, had no right to review the proceedings on a writ of liahra i nrnts ; that, although al-though the Court had power to issue the writ, it could not go back of the commitment ; that the ordinance was valid because it was within the powers of the City Council to pass such an ordinance under the City Charter. The attorneys cited many authorities in support oi their respective proposi tions. The Court held the matter under advisement. - , , . , Mr. Kcithly made application for a writ of coi jin.-i in the case of Mc- Cabe. convicts! ol'nnid Inrcenv bv the Frobate. Court, and sentenced to' one year in the penitentiary. As Crawford, in whose wise a habeas cur-1'iis cur-1'iis has been issued, was convicted ou the same charge :is McCabe, it w;is agreed by the Attorneys that a decision decis-ion in one should govern the other. The Imben.t on-pus cases of C. H. Dougli"s and ii. C. Wood, held by the city Marshal on commitments issued by Justice Clinton, to secure the pav-mcnt pav-mcnt of fines of $100 each assessed against them for keeping gambling houses, came up. The same Attorneys appeared ;is in the Kitchen case. Much the same line oi argument was. pursucu m tins as in the former case. The Court also held it under advisement. advise-ment. The hearing of the Crawford case was set for Tuesday morning, at 10 o'clock. rnouATC Ctirtrr, salt lakk cocxty, KLIAS SMITir, JR., PKEsiniNTi. Court met at 9 o'clock, a. m. The I'eople, itc, rtt. Miller and Mitchell, for robbery: the prosecuting attorney entered a no'? piwiii in the ease of Mitchell, and he was discharged, dis-charged, A few more witnesses testified testi-fied and the ease was given to the jury. After being out aUmt ten minutes min-utes they returned a venlict of not guilty. S. L. Sanders '".. C. U. Locber, in attachment; a motion lo dissolve the attachment was argued and submitted. submit-ted. The Court held the matter under un-der advisement. Susanna Xaylor Joseph Xaylor, in divorce; the defendant appeared in person and joined with the plaintiff in Kit ni -ivei- I. .r : decrerv The Cnnrt withheld his decision. The Court pronounced sentence on McCabe and Jones, convicted Saturday Satur-day for grand larceny, sentencing the former to one year in the penitentiary, peniten-tiary, and the latter six months, in accordance with the verdict of trie jury. Court adjourned till Tuesday morning morn-ing at 1' o'clock . POUc'E COl'KT, CLINTON, .1., HtKSHUNG. Fetcr Miller, a curly headed sable, whose profession is huilxr.nus, was arrested ar-rested Saturday for abusing and threatening a girl who had been working for him. The, ease was trial to-day and Miller was final $10. The hearing of the e,;ise of James Andrews, for bitiri'' oil' Jake Alt's nose, Saturday night, was set for Tuesday morning. Three drunks were mulcted in the proverbial each. James Clegg and his Iwtter half, Mary, were arraigned tor threatening to do lyxlily harm to a butcher. They were discharged. Jack Miller was arrested for being drunk, disturbing the peace, ami breaking a window at the Washington Washing-ton House. His case was set tor trial Tuesday. ' |