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Show BEFORE THE CITI'S TRIBUNAL. S. II. Lewis, the First Upon the List, Convicted and Sentenced, and of Course He Appeals. Following the decision of Judge Zane yesterday in the habeas corpus case of Deputy Vandercook, remanding L. and L. cases back to the Justice's Court, S. H. Lewis, charged with the crime of lewdness, lewd-ness, was at once arraigned before Police Justice Speirs for trial. A motley crowd of the riff-raff of the city congregated in the small room of the City Hall to hear the low. disgusting, though sensational testimony, which is to convict on every application. The complaint charging Mr. Lewis witli "lewdness" with Fanny Davenport, Da-venport, on the 9th of last September, was read to the defendant, who interposed inter-posed a demurrer oh the grounds that the charge did not state sufficient facts to constitute an offense, and that the Justice of the Peace had no jurisdiction in this class of cases. The demurrer was overruled and trial commenced. Royal B. Young, J. B. Stewart and Officer Wm. Salmon were sworn as witnesses. Royal Young showed himself to be the. prime detective in the Lewis case, and no one knows how many he has recorded when not adjusting clocks, making ward calls and compiling such treasonable sermons as enunciated last Sunday. Lewis being found guilty of "lewdness" with Fanny Davenport, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment in the county jail and to pay a fine of $299. He furnished $800 bonds, with Bolivar Roberts Rob-erts and A. Brixen as sureties, and took an appeal to the District Court. About 2:30 o'clock C. E. Pearson came into court and was sentenced to the usual fine and imprisonment. A bond was placed at $800 and signed by S. W. Darke and Mr. Holden, of the Telephone Company. Scip Kenner asked Mr. Holden Hol-den several questions as to his property and the encumberance thereon. From the answers given by Mr. Holden it was ruled that he was not a responsible bondsman, and Pearson was allowed to go out and hunt up another man to sign the docu-r docu-r ment. In about half an hour he returned with P. Tomney, who was accepted. Richard Mclntyre and George Barr were accepted as xIr. Bush's bondsmen. |