Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1890-08-05

non ~ ttf4tt "a ts>t rs htaNr ttir Hf
samens in po,ce couGi yesterday AZ
i4csng the legality 81 tle ordinance
reist - 10 lioansire sad Regulations .ena
tbs ostcome was rx~ciis S. accordance
wlsb what ~P06ee ana 0oaFl .srcalel-
cd L would be. Peter b. s.4m ifes
oats.ae ghe clly. sad wac re.nsad ~
eease Il apegate : aIay, on the sfoRnd
gaai the ogdnanoo recaenlaes onls res-
deuis Ut tAe Cty Saim taea weut 81
craylug without = license ard N&s Az
Tested Ar. MesseAus comes viii A.n
lnlo court and asks Tor has discharge
ga The ground 81 tht iUyaAdlls ot tlae
ordinance. la opening, he sald. "int
unusual tnlng Is tlis, that White ihe
cll4lt gT grants sac power 70 license and
regulate, il docs nog grant ghe power o.
prohibit Aud eFea 4 q ala grant a
laOalbstorN power, i No0id not apply
h TIE Prohibition ~ whsl Is rlrht aud
harmless al itself and Whlgh every man
hastne rghtto do under lhe Eonrai laws
OF me State. Cooley : 0n. i-ln., sd.
4, p. 24s, It seg. Ar Carroll, ia reply
sad. FL do noI care 10 be- heard upon
the matter, thls not beng az appellate
court az a court 0i last resort 10 Las
never been the practice az th.s coUfi a.
settle constitutional questions, and 4
has never but once been done ~ lae CiI-
cud court There WAS q point upon
when n0i laWer az tae city had aug
DOUBT. and yet. when &c vas raised here
onr Honor refused % rule ca "a. and
Judge Montgomery refused ~ DO go,
ana % went 10 the supreme Court
ana was decided as Nc au
knew that q would be- The
court asked Mr. Nessehus "SaD-
pose Tie court should hold Nth
YOU, how can u become settleden After
some further argument 81 counsel the
court said. "ln certain eases where ana
ordnance Is plainly and unQuesu0n-
ably unreasonable. 1 should DOT hose
tate 70 hold % invalid, but a. this court
II constituted, / must hold this ori,n-
auce good. Saim was accordingly
convicted, because the facts were held
by stipulation OF counsel 90 bee as
stated. lie was sentenced 20 pay
fine of 81 and costs OF 10 serve Ten
days IN jail. The case was appealed.
A regular epidemic Of disordcrly con
duet seems q have struck the ctv dur
ing Saturday and Sunday. N.ue per-
sons were arralgned On THIS charge YES
terday. john Granger paid ior has
$3.50. William O'houahuc will take
his IN lal for 10 days. George Boics
left h.s country for his country's good
after sOlemnly agreeing TO stay Handy
Ramsay Will have 10 bc IN court t0mOr-
rom or else lose 500 for las best friend.
Thomas Stewart pleaded guilty and Is
IN lall for a fortnight and n day. Lizzie
Howell is still on the ragged edge, and
Viii be looked into the 9TH. Claude
Hamilton, being the last echo OF the
strikers, was nolle pros'd. All these
are seven. The two which make up
the nine {the number OF Judgment
Will be honored or dishonorod with a
separate paragraph.
Libb.e Freeman and Rose Jackson
are two colored ladies who did not look
50 bad IA court as they must have
looked 10 those who peeped into their
affairs on Sunday night. IL would bc a
shame 10 publish Just where they were
and what they were dong when ar
rested. The two gentlemen both col
Oredl named ln The above paragraph,
B0ics and Ramsey, were with those
ladies and were arrested AZ the same
time. IL was embarrassing enough for
10th ladies 70 be caught that way. bat
il was particularly so FOX Mrs Freeman,
who has husband. They were taken
from the island az O'Clock iu thc
morning and put into jail, and thence
werc Nakcn % police court, and from
there were pat back into jail % remain
J. days. They are al ladies and gene
tlemeu IN police couft.
The trial of a deaf mute named Q.
ID. Kellogg, well illustrated toe un-
trustworihlness Of the testimony Of
young children. A l0-yoars-old colorod
girl sworc that Kellogg had been very
unconventional M her presence in the
Arrangement Of ms toilet. She also
said that kellogg told her Shat ho
would give her ten cents II she would
do so aud SO. When asEcd how loudly
the man talked. the Clrl SAID it was
loud enough IL De heard 3 good way.
Larry Carroll handsome way Of doing
Justice. was exhibited here. and De-
asked for the MANS d discharge. Ho
never urges the conviction OF one who
seems innocent Kellogg w2s dis
charged.
OF tho FIVE drunks, sentence wassus-
pended in the ease a Andrew !. Ham
llton; Charles Allen Will be- tried on tie
Slh; John NOrdon went 20 Jail for j.
DAYS and Thomas Howell for u dave.
and I'd Hart paid sos.
Juds0n ll0rrcudoon VIII be tried FOR
assault and battery on the lltb.
Bert IocoQ had no money % paw for
slapping hs SISTER. and his time t. DO 4
was extended TO tho 18th, under the
form "a Al adjournment.
- William August and John Wood
eases were again in court and were ad-
j0umed - the 18th, after making
little further progress.
Stella Browns accuref is great
c0arss negro woman whom Frank
Rodgers calls in open court a much
worse woman tlau thc woman she &C
cuses. She hung around the court all
dav with vengeiul look. waiting for
chance 30 testify aCansi her victim.
bot the case was uof reached, and wouf
over tothis moru ng. Stella Is accused
81 stealing s. from this woman. who
vii be "a lady when she gets 01 tie
stand. bat unless there is other test.
mouy than hers, Stella WI hardly be
convicted.
&. A. Gr'sw0id. accused ~ Otis ming
goods on false preteuses, vii be- tried
tbs Afternoon.