Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1906-01-17
hNTIGAMIEG ORDER PRONOUNC.
 ED INVALID.
lFrom Friday's Daily)

(From Frlday'8 Daily)
 JeIouca revised anu gambling or- Iiuan,r, guaranteed by o,y Attorney Gbb~ to Doc wcaIhrrroof and iron. clad. was disabled aud put out of com. mission last night when jury of twelve citizens reached verdict ahou' ll o'clock in 'lH city that Charles Hooker auI Phil rccharich were not guilty of thc charge of gambling.
 These two had been arrested iu com pany vith Arthur rorIinor for playing at studhor-c iu ih" basement Of ou empty iuildiug adjoining Williams second hand store. m, ca-' came up for trim No-tcrIay afternoon %, . o'clock, when 'ordiucr pleaded guilty and Justice ~t Jamc, .u-ptndcd sen. tcucc uuiiI disposition was made of thc ease, of his fellow sporuators. who faced thc music aud demanded jury trial x jury was secured iu thc person. of such well known and substantnl citizens of Jerome as John Gardner D. x. Cochrnuc. C. r. Jolly. Joe Larsen, Ch1s Nuthord. Mason Schultz, Mr Wolf, Mr. Sessions, r. slrahan. AloH lyon, cha-. Knut.ou, and C. r. Morris
 Attorney Ling for thc defendants. stated that it hnd been agreed that ccr- tain questions ot law would hc sub mittcd Co thc jury and that hc would admit that his clients hnd been gamb ling. No evidence therefore wus ne cossnry on thn, point IIc contcndcd that inc town council was not a legal body. and that the ordinances were null and void.
 Attorney Gibbcs asked Clerk smith to read ordinance No. 35. and Ling intcrposcd an objection. claiming that it was not legal document, as it had been adopted with the aid of the vote of Councilman Cunningham, who was not duly qualified member of the council, having been appointed to the office instead of being chosen at n spe. eial election which was required to fill the vacancy according to law
 After n heated argument between the two attorneys, Globes again asked the clerk to read the ordinance, to which Ling again objected for the reasons given above. Justice St. James set. tied the controversy by holding that the ordinance should not bc admitted as evidence, and Ling scored first blood.
 Globes declared that it had not been proven that Cunningham was not a legal member of the council, and it was question for a higher court to decide The clerk then read the min. utcs of the council, showing the pro. ccdure by which Cunningham became councilman, and showing that he was m active member. Ling persisted that Cunningham was not elected, and there. fore was not entitled to vote.
 Globes then started tu read or,lin. ancc No. 3j tc the jury, although the court had ruled it ont, Ling cxclaiming: Don [ you practice law hcrc in accord. ance with court rulcsi'
 Globes made q feeble answer, and dcsisted reading. The records were then read m regards to Councilman Goodwin'S appointment, as well as the minutes of October |, when Cunning ham was appointed.
 Attorney 0ibbcs took the witness stand, and spoke of the statutes gov. erning the matter, and the case went to the jury at i clock. After supper they retired to the city hall to delib. crate, and few hours iatcr returned with verdict of acquittnl. This was second blood for Ling, and it proved to be n knockout blow.
 Under the circumstances, it IS belicv. cd that Cordincr will not be punished by the court. for according to the yer. diet of the jury, the new ordinance Is invalid, and therefore no law has been violated. The action of the jury was received with almost universal sa,is. faction by the citizens of Jerome last night, according to reports received over the telephone by the Journal. Miner.