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Show DANCE CASE IN " OISTBICT COURT Steve Gray Goes on Trial on Appeal From City Court Conviction Trial of Steve Gray, eharped With tolatlon of the eity dance hall ordin-j ordin-j ince for the alleged operation of a i danct hall In th basement of tlx Mjr- i.ii hotel wlili. ui ; license, opened this 1 morning at 10 o'clock In Judge A. W . i 1 c s division of the dlslrlcl court. I Grav will he the first person to be 1 tried under the new ordinance winch. ,. passed bj the board of city cpm- mifsioncrs May 11, 1?'20 M Gray was tried on the charge In the municipal court before .i Jury on Oc-S Oc-S to her r was found guiltv and ap- j pealed the case to the district court. The procedure Is considered In the ; nature of a test trial and the result 1 i expected to determine whether or hoi certain clauses of the new ordinance ordin-ance can be lawfully enforced. I nder ' the provisions "f the ordinance, dance- halli musi b prop rlj lui ted ind j Approval must be given bj the police 1j department before a license i granted 3 r the lime the onlin.m ia.s- 13 ed tii" board of city commissioners H S announced that strict regulations gov- rrning dancehalls were necessary as ,t protection for the young women and I men of ihe city. H The pass is expected lo go to tin- U jury late this afternoon. |