Show the funk case 0 of all the tile farcical an I 1 carelessly care lessl con ducted cates on the part of the tion that I 1 as ever come before tt a pol ce justice or any oil ott er justice in this city or county was tin case of tie city vs J P funk for or conducting conduct ings a barber shop without ni a license contrary to an ordinance recently i named by b tl it a city council the cise has come up for trial three times each time imo luns an all unnecessary expense on tl tie e city tl e ft of to jurors and bitnes tea sea and a ridiculous ending that reflects anything bat but credit upon our city actor ney the first trial wag was had last week when after the jury had axen impanel led the case wag was die di biased mimed on motion of 1 V 1 I snyder the attorney for the defense who convinced the court that tl it a corn coin plaint nas was irregular and not nia male le out according to law the defendant was re arrested on the tame same charge and wednesday of this week the case ease va vt as again set for trial which 1 I ad not I 1 roc weeded ceded far v I 1 en tl 0 e case came wai wait again dismissed tins this tin e 0 on motion of ti tie e city attorney who dis cohered covered that he be had acain erred in mak in ing out the complaint an aal I 1 it would be useless for him to attempt to avin in as a it tt en stood thursday tl 0 e case cate agin cami up before ilia honor julge lock hart bart after considerable time was con eon burned in examining jurymen juryman sean of tie eleven examined being escutel till elti er i 1 re or for cluse james vi A le learson arsion vim im T doidge martin frisk jr and george amith bere v ere finally and tie tle trial commence J marbal marshal hyde policeman and recorder Pe corder testified for tl ti e prose catlon abe two t 0 former blat ty at tt 0 e defend ane tine wa was conducting a barber el a op in I 1 ark city and the latter that tl ti e city council had passed art n ordinance licer hee s ing barber shop the prosecution retted rested its ca cafe me tl TI e detente defense did not put on any w it nesses wortley torney Vt townsen I 1 commenced I 1 is arg to the jury tell tel I 1 ig I 1 g them tl at the tile cage camp was mas very simple tt 0 at sit it lad been troied that tl if a debet dant m vaa as doing 10 loin bin but ness and also that lie be I 1 ad not taken out a license in accordance ith the ordinance actlis point attorney knyder objected and info nned tl ti a e court that no evidence whatever i ad been in produced trod by b tl e prosecution to allow that mr I 1 unk I 1 ad not riot taken out a li it cense and I 1 e strenuously objected to that line of argun ent ant tl TI e city atton ey naw saw that I 1 e wa wits aga it con cort ere brej I 1 and asked the court to allow more evi defice to be sub bitted ting this was objected to by alter ney on oil tl a arouni grou n I 1 tl ti at tl t a pro ec ution 1 ad rested ita its cane case and saine could not nr it be re ocene I 1 for additional testimony the court took tl ti e matter under ad ent until 2 0 clock yesterday yett erday wl en ell the objection of mr snyder wa was sustain ed war the jury being bemi being address cd ed by both attorneys they retired to deliberate and in ill e minutes returned a erdice of not riot guilty in accordance the evidence submitted IN hit hat the next nwe mon a in this case will be is I 1 lard ard to conjecture co jecture but unless a better allowing can la to nn mi ie le b bj the city in tie tl e future tl ti an ail in the patt past mr lunk as a melt ell as the th ninny many others who are N rotating lating lo tl e ne tie Y v ordinance had best be allo allowed NNed to continue without n for or up to date the city has 1113 hobt every aery cabe case it haa lies attempted to prosecute |