TESTIMONY OF WILLIAM A. WALL. 9 



Q. I show you the section under which this indictment is drawn 

 and ask you if you find that section in the issues of the City Record 

 on that page ? 



(Objected to on the ground that it is irrelevant and immaterial ; 

 objection overruled ; exception.) 



A. Yes, sir. 



Q. State when you find that first publication. 



(Objected to ; objection overruled ; exception.) 



A. I find that published the first time February 24, 1876. 



Q. Published in the City Record, was it, of that date ? A. Yes, 

 sir. 



Q. State how long it was published ? 



(Objected to ; objection overruled ; exception.) 



A. Ten days. 



Q. By the COURT Successively ? A. Yes, sir. 



By Mr. PRENTICE The first publication was on the 24th of Feb- 

 ruary? A. Yes, sir. 



Q. It was published throughout that week, was it, each day 

 except Sunday ? A. Yes, sir ; except Sunday. 



Q. On the following week each day except Sunday for a period 

 of ten consecutive days ? A. Yes, sir. 



Q. That ordinance is the ordinance I have read to the jury, was 

 it? A. Yes, sir. 



Mr. HASTINGS We offer in evidence these two numbers, one in 

 the first week and the other in the succeeding week which contains 

 the ordinance in the City Record. We shall then follow it up with 

 proof of the ordinance itself under the statute. 



(Objected to on the ground that it is incompetent and im- 

 material ; objection overruled ; exception.) 



Cross-examined : 



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Q. The first publication you say was on February 24th ? A. 

 Yes, sir. 



Q. Was it published the next day ? A. It was. 



Q. And for how many days succeeding the 24th in all? A. I 

 find it running along until March 3d, including March 3 ; there is 

 a Sunday intervenes ; the paper is not published that day, but all 

 week days up to and including March 3. 



