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Show I CARD CASES ON 1 IN CITY COURT Veniremen Oppose Ordinance Ordi-nance if Home Games Banned, They Said Thr car oC the city ngrninst John Wilson, Harry Peters and William Barton, charged with playing cards be-hlnl be-hlnl loki il floors, lii'nn In ihf oil v eourt tlls morning before Judjre f R. Roberts. Ch.irles Uamcy, Joseph Harris. Geo Shy'dcr and F"rcd Willlnms wore selected select-ed rind sworn In as a Jury to try the I CMC. I Considerable timo was spent in se- lccihur tbo Jury because of views held by men drawn on the panel relative to j tho enforcement of Iho city ordinance. W. Dj W. Zellet wns excused from, rvlng when he paid that If the or- linanco was interpreted as not allow-1 Ing a man to play cards in his own home he v as not In favor of enforcing ii This view wa also held by J. W McCammon. J. C?. Gebhardt, and Geo. Foley, each of whom was exoueedi Joseph Harris expressed the same view but was accepted by the attorneys on, both sides. . Assistant city Attorney ft.ini lei Towell moved to amend tho com-' plaint after the ea? had been Called. I Attorney Geonre Halverson for the defense de-fense objected on the ground that the amendment would materially alter the CbtOplsinl upon which ho had prepared prepar-ed to defend the defendants. The court sustained his objection when -' upon Assistant City Attorney Powell aid that lie would ask the court tOI hold the defendant? until a new com-1 plaint could be issued against them. Attorney ITnlverson thru withdrew his objection on the ground.-, that his licnts wished to have the case set-, tied without any more loss of time, they having been arrested on December Decem-ber 81, 1921, and one of them being) required to go bnck to his farm at Duchesne. The first witness examined by the city was Detective Grant Sypher.s who testified to finding tho nun playing aids In n room above 2358 Wachlng-1 ton avonu". lie was pot positive that tho doors were looked, he said, and' admitted under cross-' xamJnatlon thai both he ond Detective W. A. Jones i had been admitted by one of the do- fendants. I At the conclusion of his testimony the court wns adjourned until this nf-, ternoon. oo |