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Show TIIK hJIITH IIAHIIVS COllFUS. In Impnrlaiit llnlln; by JuJ;e sue Hill Aflernoon. Attorney tllenii attended before Judj;u Xsue In chambers this afternoon after-noon uud ap lied for a nrlt of habeas corpus In behalf of John W. Hinllli, (whceeoisiiwasiiieutlouid In yister-dsy'e yister-dsy'e Nims), rrceiitly couvlctej In Juillco (lie's ccurt of followlns his "profession" aaat bunco rteerer. Tho (etltlou set fulfil that the JuJgmtnt under w Well Hmlth Is hel I Is aliulutely null and tol 1 and of no allavt, for the rciton that tho ordlnauce under whlih the llllonir was tried fir Ihoi rime of vagrancy la lu cunlllct with tin. genetasl law of the territory, that the ilndltigof guilty ty the Jury nnd the tulieeiiuentjudgment the court tsssaed tin nun wi to null and veld an I of no eirect, for the reason that tho Jury was not qualified to try the cause, the Y.U muds-Tucker oath iiotbtliig adiulnli-ltrl. adiulnli-ltrl. City Attorney Hall and Attorney r.lchnor rriceenttd the prosecution. Attorney Uleun commented by read-futf read-futf tho petition at length, mid Attorney Attor-ney l!lc)ino; nest rcud tho Oemurrer, which lit fotth that tho petition did iiotiuto fatts sultUIint ui constitute a causu of acllou. Mr. Uleniia Intimated thai ho would atandon the tlaueo In the lltlou iliallnK with tho lioii-admlnlslratlou ef thu l'dniuud Tucker act tu tho Jurora tieforu whom Hmltli's ca.o wns tried. Countel then rutevdetl to quote from ttatuUs buir-Jntf buir-Jntf ujsin hi. contuntloria. Altir the rej lies of City Attorney Hall nud hit oaalataut. Mr. l.hhnor, the matter was lubiiiltlnl to Judo (Cane. Ills honor cn-ntnento! I rlifly upon thosluti Involvid, the rlacljwtl ouo Udncthaturgrd on liehalf of the prisoner, pris-oner, lo the eirict that ill) ordltnnco irovldlntt for the laiuhhmrnt ef nn oUelisv waelnvalll If the Terlllorltl low provided a Uiil.lmient for the stmu oilonie. Judgu Zsno held that ordlnanio might stand concurrent with tho Territorial statute, an I proctullitrs might bo had until rellliir. Thistle-clsloti Thistle-clsloti settle, an olt mooted question, and Is a very Important otio. I n rendering ren-dering It Judge sCano again ahowa a ills:vtlon which haa IilthcrOchitrao-tenied IilthcrOchitrao-tenied him, namely, to sustain muni-cl muni-cl al authority In thu tUbrt to sup, nn vko anil l.awli.inws. |