The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-09-05
TESTING AN ORDINANCE.
Right of Galveston's Recorder tt
Try State Cases Questioned.
THE LEACH AND ESTES CASES CITED,
Judge Gavin To Render Decision Today.
Home for the Homeless Assisted
by tho County-Notes.

Judge Gavin, sitting III chambers, this
| morning as heard the application of LIZ
| zla JSnox for relo,,se from the cnstodv nj
49,. s,ar,c, 49,, ,a,.,,,, -, ,,>,,u,i,,.,'I l.,
the sherlii' she hdNihs pceH co"'u'iuNu Wy
| the city recorder, as eX-oiiicio justice OF
,h, ,,,,co ro,. va tyranrv The annlicntior
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| WIS o"Se" upon ''ic s'""'''' 'ia' ''e le'
cordcr had no right to try state CASE
and that the legislature violated the con
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slitutloh oil the Sta'e III lhe passage u
the act by which 1t attempted to confer
unon the recorder of the clty rs "A muntcip
~ ,,feo.,. 49,, r,,,hts aud Mowers of i, Inc.
al othoer IN" rights anu powers VI JUS
! tlcc of the peace. and THAT ny reason OF
such unconstitutional act the convic.ioa
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dN'i tohillh'I iich' Oh "pPi'c"it was WIZ"
| Applicant WAS represented by her at
| tornev Milford n smith and tho Stat,
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! ny N"""'S A''oinoS hiH"io'u i'a"U''h
| In presenting his side OF the case MIR
smi,h referred tn artic,o 7 of ina clt .
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ei ,, ,r' Va 'et,nS W. ui"ve oi lvTot
| sNHS nun J"lH"lot4oii am os'ilt"'!lct
| ol an in!suviiiieaiVrs' preucues Oh tue
| I'3'ce, nllraHuohs OF IN VrulhdhCcs ana
| 81 81 v'nD. N."H.9 81 1919 u'W.i wy '"Ns ~
, n"tu U'S an 10 ~ anu 1t'1
u ihe s"HS anu uc'ivi's a''i comp til. :
cl''i sllh d NioiA|lui ~ any otuiiiince- vi
~" c'lE ;,,, NJ Stii az w, iuNlher pI"-
N,t i, ne ircuruer Iha A., tT 9N-oiLci'
anu execute, IN criminal casts az me
powers ana duties OF s,iuh oiiicei ana shall
nave the same authority ana IKE powers
VIVA Justices Oh we peace ~ we prey en-
ttoh ana suppression OF CRIME pruVideG,
LEN III no caSe shdil ne entertain Jur's-
"'NVIn"'t al V,Nti lists
mai 9'''lei III si,p"rI OF me- q
In NE tohsultutioh 10 confer upon a mullcip-
al onHvi me powers Oh Il justice 81 the
p.,nce or SUITE oiIicer' presented the
Oii'loh OF Justice IiNluS"n III the court
., tIiiiilInI appeaIS ~ me lcech case
IT. ShIln Also cIllcd attention 10 tne
r'9't' case DECIDED upon i writ of hd-
oeAS corpus ny Judg" Davidson at Dallas
ca ,I"lN -, 1871 winch ne Sdau, Mr.. Han
Vpch fVn"d upon. me ESTES case follow
I'is 50 tm after the Leach case. attract
v ,i,,, con 'aeraple attention because at the
i.7arh caSe and It was also believed that
IL Wou.d settle the question of this right
" recorder or city judge to Try State
o'S's'
conNicitd betort the recorder OF the CITY
Oh l'aIaS upon the charge of carrying a
PL ea,,h nelNlhs upon me decision In the
sued out before Judge Davidson. Upon
INQUIRY INTO the case it developed that the
oI'y o. Dallas mad an ordinance against
carrying firearms which ordinance tho
State leSislature had granted 1T the power
~ eIlaot' me l'rosecutson was brought in
e',t nam OF the chv under that ordinance.
the case. the ofTense being one agains, n
mmniclpal ordinance
= ne clrculnstAnces ia the Estes case are
iiot 'p' an lardliel with those in the Leach
case. Leach was prosecuted before the
aeCurq"r 81 the cry OF Fort Worm for
,,a.Iy llg ,rcarins. Subsequently he was
prosecuted in the county court Of Tarrnnt
county for the same off-nse, AMI plead hi.
oIoringr leorsrdy in The recorders court
tft.. ftrf 90,
unconstitutlonalityo of the act of tho Loot
idture seeking TO confer upon the recorder
Jurlsalution in state cases L appeared
r,r' 'ile city or Fort worth had no ordi-
.im ~ dEAli'St carving irelrms, hut new
crthelcss the prosecution was condurtel
"" a. atNIiVlt running IN the name of
Inc wy ~ 'Ort WORTH and so conclud-
IN ~" case brought to Judge Cavin's
rtirntlHn nhis morning the Issue was
eit,'r"N made as Lizzie Knox was PROSE
and the question as to whether the re re-,
no o,,i mdi constitntional jurisdiction wa.
Mr.. Smith nrgileJ .- tme c s.,i,,,
constitution, conecrr'ng upon the Ieaisin.
named '.andS sn,b G,cate certain courts
necces,r,, i SuJn 9'ner courts AZ may be
legislatures TO ,reat!,, ,,,, ~ ~ VI ny
the courts specially mentioned lie r,,r ~,
submitted that me ro,,,,,i,,ti,' re lurtnrr
llItt justices Of the peace should he eiect
edN ami commended that the legislature ha5
no right to create such oftirnrs sir1,l, ~ a..
"flSiatlon
Mi 'nNlh sad the constitution also
n,,t III III t"r me election of constables,
ii-c' 1hat city marsNils and chiefs Of no.
staI,ias ,"iliS,,uctlon concurrent with con-
not re,, " o,,1h OF the c!'ies. but he did
was. and the cssa 'V ,,. WhA' the decision
fo',nd ~ o'"er mat the authority might 70
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