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Show ONLY A PRIYATE CITIZEN, Joe E. O'Brien Mcrelyaa Alleged City Detective. TUB USIB hr. OUMt CASH. It ttii IIpIoc InffillffatcJ He forts Juitlco Irftl k'rlrr Thli A fir rn oon. t Tht Hlilo St. Oracr ct, of which to much hut U-n heart! tb t fovr dkj-t, CAttiw up before Juttlc ICmter at 2 30 tbU ttftarnooD. Attorney 1). N. Htnup ajiprartMl for tho dfenJnt, whtvAfttUUut CJtj Attormj Con J (.roircutf-fj. The court room wan filled to ovtrllowloK h'ofllceni, iportlDff mm and women. A aoniatlon waa rausftl bj D. N. Htraup flllng aa afll-tiavltln afll-tiavltln which the followluie point waruMt forth: Now co tii the tieffDtlaut by her attoruey. I). N Htraup, and move to quath the warrant uuj Ha return ant all proceeding! had and donetubfie-quent donetubfie-quent thrcto In tbv action named, lyr tbu rcaion that the, tald warrant li de fectlfr.lllrt;alandTaldl Mrl I'orlho rt(Kjn that thd war nnt wamervel and rrturnt. by une Joe. K.O'llrlen, who lift private cUI-tn cUI-tn only and uot a i-olite ofllcer or peace or any other ofllcer, aud that the olttnte chartied la a luUdemetnor and waa not cotnrutttfd lu the pttaence Of aaldJoe.O'llrltn. Hwiod That raid Joe. O'llrlen la a intended officer whote cnico wa vacated by the appointment appoint-ment of une John M. loung, then chief of police of Halt lke City, aw airlal ( olkeman on (be 4lh day uf January, UUJ; that ald ai(tolntmint waa made without law or right, and la ataolutely Illegal fur the following rrama Flrat That by the charter and ordl nanteuf Halt Lake City the mayor of nld city l tin only jt-raon author lied to make apitolutmtnta of H-.clal police, aud then only for tho term of ten daya. ThcaaldOMMwn waa at no tlmo Appointed by tho -major of aalU city. Mrcoml Thlt more than ten daya have peaed alnce the hppolntuirht of aald('Hrlvii,and hU apvuiulnunt haa at no time been runtlrmed, ratified or aoted uiKiuor aaiiteil lo by the City Couuoll of aald rlty, all of whlcu apt4iraby rrferencii to the rtoordaof the murder' office of laid city. Attornu) Htraup conteudfd that the warrant waa UIcKBl In every m.n. Altomey Cuad raid that the hrnln; of the wnrrant could not now be attacked at-tacked ai It had v rved lt purpran and wa now ileaj, The court held that O'ltrlen, accord log to the evidence bfjre hlm,waa not atiuftlcvrof the city, whrupt)u Mr, Htraup aked that the Uefendanle he dlichir.ed. A fclmrp colloquy then enaued la twffiiiouii'elfor the mpt-ollve lUra h Ith re' n nee to oiue tr trial. .Mr Htraup oiplaliifd that he waa utmlllti.ij lo K" tu trUlforthereatiijn tlmt the dtriudUil had pit ad not tu liy tia wxrraulthat wm HhKal, ihe Court-Will, let tin in pleat Uijalfi. With thli the inwwint to trial aud Haatupruifrtaiat thatlmewe vrti.t to rrn, |