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Show AUTO COMPANY LOSES ITS CASE After deliberating for 45 minutes, the jury, sitting in the case of tho City against the Cbeeeman Automobile Automo-bile company, charged with obstruct lng the sidewalk by placing there a gasoline pump without the consent oi the city commissioners, returned a verdict of guilty as charged. It was nearly 1 o'clock this afternoon before the case was completed In Judge Reeder's court and the judge reserved judgment until tomorrow morning. There are other complaints, chars lng the same misdemeanor under dif ferent dates, but as the defense has signified Its intention of appealing the case to the district court, it Is prob able that the other cases will not be tried at. this time The company offered no testimony, but the attorney In his argument maintained that the pump is not an obstruction and declared that If It Is. so then are the garbage cans of the city, the mail boxes and the new steel poles. He contends that the city is hindering progress by filing com-Paints com-Paints against the automobile peo pie The complaint was sworn to by Thomas Davis, city building Inspector, following the installation of the pump at the Cheesman garage during the early morning hours of July 7. A R Mclntyre, M H Wheelwright. E T Richardson and J. H. Thomas composed the jury |