The herald., 1896-06-28
RIVERSIDE
The Liquor Cases In Court-Soclal and Per
sonal Notes

Liquor ShbcS III Souft0SuSius uhA FSi
sonaI Notes
RIVERSIDE, June 27.-In the SUPER
ior court today the case of the city VS..
r. J. Bush came on regularly for hear
ing. This is the case on appeal from the
judgment of the justice court, in which
Bush was convicted of a violation of the
city liquor restrictive ordinance. w. A.
Purington, city attorney, represented
the city and E. B. Stanton the defend
ant and appellant. The especial point
made by Mr.. Stanton was that the JUS
tice erred in his instructions to the jury
in charging said jury with respect to
matters of fact, and not allowing the
jury itself to determine the facts. The
portion of the instruction objected to
was where the justice said that "a per-
son is guilty of establishing, opening,
keeping, maintaining and carrying on
place where spirituous. vinous, malt and
mixed liquors are sold, if he makes a
single sale or gift of either wine or beer
or whisky" In support of this he quoted
sec. 19, art. vi. of the state constitu-
ton, as follows: Judges shall not
fact, but may state the testimony and
declare the law" Mr. Purington COM
bated this point and the case was sub
mitted to authorities.
"Pete" Armitage and wife have de-
parted for sunny Italy. Armitage be-
came pretty we'll known in Riverside
by his connection with the French
American restaurant, on Eighth street,
where he kept a very disorderly house,
and was pulled several times or the vio-
lation of the restrictive liquor ordinance.
His recollections Of Riverside may not
be sunny as is his native land. save of
the coin he laid up while here.
Tho ronnn1n nf the EniSCOna1
church will give a lawn social at the
residence of E. r. Skelley, corner of
Orange and Fourteenth streets.
The writ Of habeas corpus in the case
Of M. V. Dial, incarcerated in the coun-
ty Jail on the charge Of cruelty to ami
mails, was heard in the superior court
this morning, the accused being in court
accompanied by his counsel Harvey Pot
ter, and the state was represented by
District Attorney Gill. Justice Mills, the
committing magistrate, was sworn for
the people, arguments made by the
counsel and the case submitted.
In the case of the Santa Rosa Mining
company VS.. creditors, the assignee be-
ing represented by Robert Duncan ef
Caldwell & Duncan. It was ordered that
the assignee pay over to,the clerk of the
court the money to which claims that
are contested would be entitled to in the
destruction.
A very pleasant evening was spent
last night at the homes of Mrs. ]. J. Hew-
lit by the members of Calvary Presby-
terian church and friends. 1t was an ice
cream social in charge of the ladies of
the church. The attendance was large,
the refreshments fine and the evening
beautiful. A short program of musical
and literary exercises added to the en-
joyment and all were pleased with the
manner in which they were received
and entertained.
W. F. Brown, convicted of swindling
John Robinson out of $40 in a manner
that brought him subject to the Grim
inal laws of the state, was today given
$50 fine. or fifty days in Jail. The fif-
teen days he had already served in Jail
were deducted from the sentence. In
the absence of any coin he went to jail
1t is said that this will knock him out of
a job at Chino where he has been for
the past three years employed in weigh
ing beets.