The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-10-02
THE CITY MUST REFUND
CERTAIN FINES PAID IN CITY
JUSTICES COURT
COSTLY ALLEY PROJECTED
netweeu Spring and Main From Third
N Fourth streets-City Depart
ment Quarterly Reports

-. nv IIot,tn. Arthur Lee and Henry
H1..ooif werc petitioners before the city
..,,o1,. auance committee yesterday for
rshates Of fines paid IN the police court in
a,,o,,nt. ~ s25, $40 and 500 respectively.
Ia, ~ Hobbs was convicted In the city JUS
+,ca. court on the charge Of selling liquor
u,,tbout a license and was fined SIS for the
ow.nse Her attorney appealed the case
n Judge Smiths department Of the su-
nerpnr court, but when 1t was called Tor
hearing did not appear. The case was DIS
y, coed nm motion Of the district attorney.
leo was charged with msdemeanor and
was f,ned $40 In the Justices court The
an me procedure resulted in his appeal case,
and both OF them now ask that their fines
he rebated to them In consequence OF the
d.am,ssals. Henry Metcalf was convicted
of battery in the Justices court and paid a
fne of 800. subsequently he was tried III
Judge Smiths court on the charge OF as
GA nit with a deadly weapon, was convicted
and maid a fine Of $780, He now seeks to
recover the 500 paid in the city Justices
court
The claims for these rebates are all based
on a decison of the supreme court rendered
three or four months ago, wherein a ruling
Of Judge Van Dykes court was reversed.
The later had declared that the city po-
lice courts had no jurisdiction over cases
Of n,.sdemeanor, and that trials for such
ofsenses should be held in a Justices court.
On the strength Of this ruling complaints
for rnisdemeanors were thereafter made
in the form customarily prevailing IN
Justices court, and the trials were held
before the police judges sitting as city
justices. All cases thus tried were SUBJ
secuently knocked out by the supreme
courts reversal Of Judge Van Dykes rul-
ing. The fnes paid by Ida Hobbs, Arthur
Lee and Henry Metcalf were paid after
their trials under Judge Van Dykes rul-
ing and may have to be RELATED. together
with O numebr Of others The finance COM
mittee recommends that the claims be re-
ferred to the city attorney.
William Knickrehm will not be allowed
to move the Macy street school house from
the alley it now obstructs for the sum Of
$3.50, as he proposes. His being the only
bid. the finance committee did not feel 1t
proper to award the contract under the
oircumsta noes, so 1t VIII recommend to the
council the rejection Of the bid and re-
turn Of his $50 deposit. 1t is left for the
council to decide whether bids shall again
be advertised for.
II Wallace Brothers circus wishes to ex-
hibit in Los Angeles It will have to pay
the regular license. The finance commit
tee considered the petition for a reduction
of the charge and decided to merely recon-
mend the fling Of the communication.
J. T. Cross petition for rebate Of a
$3.50 erroneous tax assessment will be
granted, and the city auditor and treasurer
will be instructed to transfer the sum Of
SAB from the tax fund Of 1897 to the tax
fund. Of 1898, $4,000 from the tax fund Of
1898 to the xanja fund. 500 from the central
police station fund to the internal sewer
fund.
The city auditors weekly and monthly
REPORTS vii be recommended for APPROVAL