Show THE GAMBLING CASES TIIU THU CITY COMES OFF victorious VICTO rious KIOUS the decisions lately rendered in the tho district court in the cases of salt lake city vs robert kobert burns J B black 1 I rosenthal Kosen kos enthat euthal thal matt allen alien J W byrne F FB B howell and jake greenwald all of which were favorable to the corporation nave made the gambling fraternity feel a littlesack little litt lesick sick burns and black were proprietors of a gambling house and the other defendants were charged hambling wit all these thes cases were heard before justice spiers la io february 1883 the defendants there questioned the validity y of tl t c t city ordinance in relation to gambling 11 am and I 1 m made ade it the principal ground ou nd of their t h ir appeal to the district court darke and kenner app appeared gared pared for mr burns and john marshall esq for the other defendants the city was represented by attorney F fc S richards Ilic hard bard and ben sheeks esq the tho cases against burns black and rosenthal rosem Kosem hal hai were the only ones tried and the question of the invalidity of tile the ordinance was urged very strongly by i the counsel for the defenso defense s i Rit richard Kichard hards bards sand and sheeks sheek 4 maintained j just us t as stoutly that the ordinance was valid and cited numerous authorities in s support of this position the col coi court count int ant leid held heid with them on every poi point nt the three cases named were tried yesterday but the jury disagreed in the black case the defenda defendants lits in the four other cases with black also seeing that their cause was hopeless came in this morning by their attorney and pleaded guilty in consideration of costs that had accrued and the fact that the defendants had left the country and their bondsmen were made responsible judge zane placed the fine in each ol 01 of the live tive cases for gambling at 25 and costs black was tined fined 1 0 and costs in the case of burns judgment was reserved until friday morning in view of the heavy costs these defendants fend feud ants will have to pay and the evident determination on the part of the city attorney to push all f future cases just as vigorously as these have been I 1 it does not appear as if appeals from f future defendants on such pretexts as the one just shattered shatter edwill will be apt to be of any material benefit the counsel forthe for the above defendants worked like beavers for their clients but it was a I 1 gone case and they saw it was useless I 1 es s to holb hold hold hoid out f further urther |