Show ORDINANCE DEFECTIVE charge of selling after hours dismissed proof of publication of the ordinance not properly certified to defeats the case the case of richfield city vs H W lams lame toan to an abrupt end on tuesday in the justices court precinct justice william johnston had ha been oy by maor or to hear the cabe and on tuesday the defendant came up for trial on a charge of selling liquor after hours on march the witnesses for the city george RasmuS tsin Ln sl s ecial policeman and soren thorsen thorben the man to whom the liquor was alleged to have been sold test neld ifield to what the city claimed to be the fact s mr air thorsen told of oe going to ane saloon entering by the rear door and securing a bottle of whiskey wh iske mr air testified to seeing thorsen enter the saloon and anen he came out he had in his a bottle of booze which the officer obtained from him mr testified in his own defense and claimed that thorsen came to the saloon after closing time tor for nis his overcoat and ana that inai me dome of 01 liquor was then in the pocket of the coat arguments were made and during the course of the argument mr holtmann hoffmann attorney for the defense ques tinned the legality of the ordinance under which the complaint was drawn on examination it was found that the proof of publication of the ordinance in december 1901 had not been properly attested by the publish er A B williams As soon as this was shown mr air bates for the city moved for a dismissal of the cab case e |