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Show I rlJ9.000.00 I. Mans Mauls f.'I.OOtl For False iprNonmeiit, $S,000 l'or Malicious fcwntlnii, and $.1,000 For Untidy. k' A Kvans, by bis attorney, A. U. Herman, brought suit, Thursday, In H District Court asking for $0,000 Kigc3 aplnst I.clil City and Mnr-K Mnr-K Southwlck, $3,000 for fnlso lin-Hsocmcnt, lin-Hsocmcnt, $3,000 for malicious pro-Hgtlon pro-Hgtlon and $3,000 for battery. Sov-Hl Sov-Hl months ago (be Marshal arrested H Evans for being drunk, and the latter chniges that after being tin own In Jail, ho was viciously assaulted and beaten by tho Marshal. In tho Justlco's court Kvans was pronounced guilty nnd fined $10.00. He appealed tho ease, nnd at the trial Thursday Judgo Morgan ordered tho Jury to bring In a verdict of "not gul' ty" without leaving their r.cats. Tho attorney for tho defense did not put on any witnesses hut mndo a motion to dismiss tho enso for lack of evidence. In addition to this, tho Jugdo stated that tho case should be dismissed because be-cause tho City did not produce- nny certified proof of publication to validity vali-dity tho ordinance under which the ense wns tried. |
