Arizona republican., 1914-04-30
CITY COURT HAS
 BUSY SESSION

the city court room was the busiest place in town. and Magistrate Me Bride was the busiest man in Phoe- nix. There were cases before the court having to do with everything from woman chasing another from her home with a broom and finger nails. and speeders. both alcoholic and automobile, to a Chinaman sell ing liquor without a license and girls breaking the Sabbath in buying it and "peach.nS on the Chinaman. There were common trunks and un- common drunks: there were men charged with fighting with them selves and a bunch of five charged with fighting each other There were cases where it took five policemen tu arrest one man and si case where one policeman surrounded" and ar rested five offenders at one and the same time Fines were assessed ranging from & and then suspended to $50 and demand made for payment muY pronto. There Wer. those satisfied with the judgment of tEc court, even thinking it ought to have been more. to one who re- belled through his attorney and served notice of an appeal In the words of the dramatic critic. it was d drama of real life, well east anl excellently produced.
 IL would be q shame to give the names of the offenders brought up for speeding, running without head lights or rear lights, or dripping oil and really they wouldn't be of much interest after the attorney general and newspaper man had sraced the docket the day before, but they were there and every one was found guilty. One or two drew down suspended sentences upon a 1 promise 10 be good in tine future. l but most of them had to square it 1 with the court to the tune of Sl0 or 1 sl5. IL is but one result of the steps Chief Brisbois is taking to break mp the practice of ignoring the automo- bile and motorcycle regulations 1 Quon Lee. charged with selling i liquor to three Mexican girls. with out having first gone through the 1 formality of securing q city retail license and not at the time being l the proprietor of a drug store and selling upon q physicians prescrip- tion. was in court personally and by 1 proxy. the proNy being no less than Attorney r. C. Struckmeyer The 1 three girls testified they had at var ious times purchased liquor in Lees; place. particularly last Sunday Lee. 1 through his attorney. entered a gen. 1 eral denial. Former Chief of Police Moore was sworn at the request of i Struckmeyer to state whether in ali 1 the Years he had been at the head of the department. which years were 1 concurrent with those during which l Lee has conducted a store, he ever | had received a complaint that the 1 Chinaman was selling liquor. Moore 1 said he didn't remember the China : man particularly, but that he had ] received complaints that some Chi
 nunnan living down in Lees section l was violating the law in that re- 1 spect, and that he had attempted
 through his officers and t ''decoy."
 to get case against him. He was !
 he was after was Lee
 1 When CeCelie Gonzales. the last of 1 the three girls to take the stand
 was being questioned. Struckmeyer ] asked her if she knew man by the
 name Of Morass She said she did not
 Didn't you send Morass to my
 office a day or two ago and have
 him tell me that if would get Quon Lee to pay you three girls so5C l none ot you would be in court today
 to testify against hm?" asked Struckmeyer
 T don't know Morass. and I didn't
 send anybody to you" said the wit
 ness.
 | What are you working at now 9
 was another question asked by tn,
 attorney
 Are you trying to get the histor,
 of my life or are you just conductine
 this liquor case9" was the girls re-
 tort
 The question of jurisdiction was
 raised by the attorney. who said the
 state statutes provided punishmen, fer such cases and such statutes
 superseded the city ordinances Iii, court held that he was sworn {,
 enforce the city ordinances and no
 to pass upon questions of state law $1Jo will be the sentence ot thi
 court he said after announcing tn,
 evidence convinced him Quon Le,
 vas guilty as charged
 And l now file notice of an ap.
 peal, said the attorney
 That is always your privilege.
 replied the court but the fin
 stands at this time"