Show RUEF CASE GOES A FEW DAYS DAYSI I Prosecution Willing to Await Action by the United States Supreme Court San Francisco March 18 Upon re request request quest of the prosecution the trial of I Abraham Ruef Rue charged chall f d with extor extortion tion tI n was postponed t morning by Judge Dunne Duline until March 25 In order to await the action of the United States supreme court at Washington on the writ of error granted to Ruef by b Judge The writ of error will come up in I Washington next Monday The Tho de do defense tense was somewhat surprised by the tile move made mafle by the prosecution and I readily consented to a postponement of the trial Counsel for the defendant I have contended all along that the thOo th writ of error granted by Judge act acted acted acted ed as a stay slay of proceedings In trial before Judge Dunne Duane pending the decision of the United States supreme court Defendants All Present When court resumed this morning there th rc were present Ruef Mayor and Chief of Police Dinan with their attorneys The case against Dinan and Ruef In which the two are charged with conspiracy was continued by consent of both sides till tili next Mon lon Monday Monday londay day morning It was then agreed by bythe bythe bythe the prosecution and counsel for tor the de dc that Mayor is to be arraigned arral ned and wit wil plead to the Indict Indictments indictments ments It wa was on one of f these indict indictment indictment ment meat that the mayor surrendered him himself him himself self Into custody and applied to the state supreme court for Cor a writ of ha habeas habeas beas hens corpus to test the right of Judge Dunne to try tl him The supreme court refused to grant the writ These cases s being b disposed of the Ruef Rue trial was postponed as stated above The fhe casts eases against Supervisor Nich Nichols Nichols Nichols Peter r and Max lax M I Alder were continued to Judge Law Lawlers lers court curt to April 1 |