Show JURY LAW IN CHICAGO From the beginning there has been beena a a. law on OIl the statute books of oC Illinois forbidding the operation of a saloon on n Sunday Through all the changes of oC what is called temperance legislation legisla tion that one point has held It has always alwa's there been unlawful t to keep open oIlen a saloon on Sun Sunday a Just now no the good people of or that city are trying to on enforce force the tho 1 law a They got all nil the necessary evi evidence ence against a number of defendants and brought on one to trial The Tho proof was clear The defendant would not testify testify tes ten that he was not guilty guilt The court instructed the jur jury clearly and the jury went out remained out all night and then returned a verdict of not guilty Members of the jury explained ex cx that tho law had never ne before been enforced and the they could coul see no reason why tho the attempt was made at this particular lime time VII Why not at this time as well as another another an nn other does not appear That Is not a hopeful state of af af- af- af fairs Of all the bad had things credibly alleged against Chicago nothing is ismore ismore ismore more significant of her peoples people's lawlessness lawlessness lawlessness law law- than is Js this Jurors who are bound to return a verdict according to tho the law and tho the evidence boldly overthrow both law and anti evidence because because be be- cause It Is the tho first prosecution that has been brought Any cit city which will permit those men inca to bo Lo forgotten deserves the tho rule which such a ver verdict spells But Dut we dont don't believe that such a state stale of affairs can exist even In Chi cago Such a verdict should Rhoul have e the tho effect of arousing public Nothing will so certainly insure the conviction of or saloonkeepers prove proved to have violated tho the law as such a fla- fla t t r grant gront piece of l lawlessness on the I part of a of jur jurymen menI men I We e dont don't care caro a whole lot out here whether Chicago saloons are kept open Sunday Sunda or are arc closed dosed But as part of ot i the republic wo we can not be Indifferent I to such a circumstance as that hint of or an nn I American jUr jury refusing to convict because because because be be- cause tho the law bad had previously been a n nearl dead earl letter S That Interests every overy one |