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Las Vegas Review Journal-July 26, 1950 I Lawn Watering Dispute Warms Up Municipal Court Shades of Las Vegas water 1 use restrictions were lifted in I city court today to show a scene | that practically ended in aj legal 1 free-for-all between opposing at- | torneys. The matter started off quiet enough when Mrs. Alice Devine, | manager of the Maryland Park ?' Manor, 525 South Eleventh s street, appeared in court to an-j swer charges of wasting water, oil a complaint signed by L . M. I Gordon, 1417 East Clark. Through questioning by City | Attorney Howard Cannon, Gor- | don told how he came home late i the night of Ju ly 12, and found I water all over his lawn. He I traced it down to the rear of I Maryland Park Manor. Gordon also said the same I thing happened the next night. ;4 He testified that he notified the I police department and that Por-V 1 ter Clark, special officer in charge of enforcing the water re-i | strictions was sent out m see; f Mrs. Devine. When Officer Clark testified, if was brought out that the com-plaint charging Mrs. Devine with commission of the crime, w as. | defective, and Judge E d Ta yld r ruled favorably on a motion 1 j from Mrs. Devine’s attorney, j i H a rry Claiborne, to dismiss the case. But not before a heated ex-j change of words between Claiborne and Cannon, which was highlighted by Cannon shouting: 'to Claiborne: “A re you trying to run this court, or is Judge Taylor running! i t”W hen Judge Taylor dismissed the case and it looked Eke everything was over, Cannon tossed! in a legal bombshell by announcing that 1) he was holding Mrs. Devine ! for failure to appear on a citation, issued by Officer Clark or- ; dering her to appear at the city ; hall on Ju ly 14; 2) he was holding Mrs. De-vine for water wastage; 3) he Was holding M rs. Devine on a disorderly conduct charge signed by Hildreth Hannafield, poUce dispatcher, who said Mrs. Devine acted in a disorderly manner when police were sent to bring her to the station. Judge Ta ylo r released Mrs. Devine on a $25 bond she alread# had posted and set August for trial on the three charges. 'aA*