Bingham Bulletin | 1918-05-31 | Page 1 | Barder Charged with Keep-Ing open Afier Hours

BARBER CHARGED WITH KEEPING KEEP-ING OPEN AFTER HOURS The first case tried in this community commun-ity for violation of the closing hours for barbers was that of Toney DeSon-tis DeSon-tis of Phoenix, who was alleged to have kept his shop open after the closing hour fixed by the commission. The case was heard before Judge Jones at his office in Phoenix Monday evening which resulted In a dismissal. Toney was.there with counsel and was prepared to show that he lrad made no violation of the law. He bIho had a number of witnescei to testify that he had not worked in his shop on the occasion complained of. The prosecuting prose-cuting witnesses did not appear to testify tes-tify and Toney informed the court that he had no intention of violating the law relative to closing hours, that he was a union barber, nnT tnat the new regulation wan perfectly satlfactory to him. The prosecutor wns taxed with half the coBt.