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Show 3I0XKEYIXG WITH THE LAV,' The Tactics of the Indicted Denver JBocd-lars JBocd-lars to losipoiie Their Trial. Denver, Nov. 17. Messrs. Hadlcy, Raymond Ray-mond aad Bliss, the indicted ex-city officials, offi-cials, v.erc in the criminal divwioa of the district court when the argument on their pieus of embezzlement were begun. Had-1- j's plea attacking the lega'ity of the appointment ap-pointment cf Judge Kelford and Caldwell Yenn.au as special prosecutor?, was decided against him a week ago, and there remained t be determined his plea attacking the legaiity of the impanelment of the grand j,iry. Tne ple-.s of Messrs. Raymond and Bliss, which exactly similar to ihose interposed oy Had' ;y. were alio to be determined. deter-mined. "They were both over-ruled. The defendants tiieu asked for a continuance on the ground that a, uit had been Irought against the county treasurer to prevent hi.n paying the special prosecutors their fee. If this case was decided in favor of the plainiiil they hftd a rig''t to ask that the indictment be quashed. "Thin v. as aenied ,them. Here i Mr. Berry raised tne point that the indictment indict-ment was d"ft :-tive, inasmuch as they ehai ired Meters. Iadle3", Raymond and Uliss wit if forgery, whereas they were guilty of malfeasance iu office if anything. Thete men, he coutini-ed, could not forge their own name. This also, after a lengthy argument upon both tiles, .was taken" under advisement, advise-ment, which with other objections introduced in-troduced 0y the def'.-nse constituted a general gen-eral demurrer. The case will come up again next week. . |