, 1875-07-04
An Important Decision by Judge
Booth.
The Three Pleas Of the Defense Stricken
Out.
The Judges Opinion on Submitting tho
Question Of Minority Repre-.
sentatiOn.
He Believes the Mayor and Council Shorld
Have Given It More Attention.
The Defendant Given Leave to Amend.

! At the Criminal Court yesterday morning
Judge Booth delivered his decision on the out
~afTanto case. Judge Lawrance and Mr Peuc.
were present in behalf Of the CitfzenB' Asaocia
| tion,, aud the Hon. J. 2. Root represented tn.
city. Following ia the full text Of the opinion
have not been able 10 give these questions the at
! hntlon which their Importance demands, in eonse
quenee OF tue pressure Of other business but vii
counsel for the defendant havs dled three peas to ht
information in tha case, the which were before
nc VI mnton to atrika the first and second Of thest
pleas from tho file, The States Attorney has now AleJ
demurrer to the first and second Of these pleas and
SIX several Eepcons to the third plea. Counsel 10.
the defendant have fled demurreEs 10 each OF the
replicatlons assigning sundrr various special CAUSES
Of demurrer. aha1l consider first
| TIE DEMURRER 10 THE EIRsT PLEA
ha % used % say q te s tansoa, nat
franchises conferred by tile ac Of 1s72. He contin-
ued j 1t seama to bo conceleaat least dnnt thIx
It can be successfully denedthat thiB plea at CON-
mon law would be inadmissable. At common law the
defendant u . quo warranto proceeding Is required
eihor to dtscaim to justify,o show by what war
rant authority he exercise the
charged in t.a information. But it is claimed on The
Part of the defendant TINT statute us chan ed the
| praet@ce,-that it has taken proceedings Z: this
klud out Of the category Of criminal quasi niu
Iroseeainga md lug made T. aitogether civ pro
cae1ng aud that defendant IL ut liberty oiead Is
many conflicting pleas IN quo wa1ranto proceeding
Is be may IN any civil suit Tn tho part OF the peope
canled tha although the nature Of this ptoceed-
| ing may have been changed. and undoubtedly is
ch%nged BY our statute ys it is far changed a.
to athotze tho defendant to Plead any plea Of class
Son pes N =. @
] ture OF the proceedings, and Flint he Is still re-
qured either to dsclam or to Justify. There could
| Of couFEa, ho conceived where the defendant
might put IN two or more pleas by way of Justification
IL may claim to exercise The franchises complained
Of by virtue Of two Or more separate satutes by
| Virtue OF prescription, so taat there would still be
scope LOT tue apphauon o. our criminal rule allow
ing parties to peau several distinct and soparate PLEAS
aaesion haa hesn distinctly decided b5 tho supreme
IS contradtetosy and conflicting in their charac-
~ tte a,. Couts ano ~esa maae the subject
scusslon Inoon Inc question as to their applica-
o'4'y Hss ':s nos Ealseo:
tati. a m a., " he' 1no aosenea o1 any other
!a, ~ go ~ e l1na-a.t!ou9n taeFe arc cases de-
sn hs ~ G.net hn 80 - praeeai ew Of thts case
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a. ~ sal se YsAs eaouia oe appropriate
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