Show AND decision handed down which sets aside conviction of former mayor of sin francisco scores of other indictments are AM pencil pending against both men however and alleged grafters drafters Gr must still remain in jail san francisco A decision was wall handed banded down by the district court of JAP appeals Peals on thursday reversing tho the judgment of the trial court in the case f former mayor eugene B E sentenced to five vears in san fran apon isco on the charge of extortion based upon the alleged holding up of the I 1 F rench french restaurants in tho ille matter of liquor licenses and aside the indictment on which his conviction was had the trial was made notable by the appearance of abraham ruef who ho controlled the municipal administration and practically placed in office as a witness against the mayor testifying that stat he be had paid him film his share 1 2600 1600 2 of the received by ruet ruef from the french restaurants tau rants in order that would permit the board of police commissioners to issue liquor licenses to them ruef had previous to this pleaded guilty to the same charge at the same bame time making the enigmatical statement that he was innocent on the ground that the indictment ent did not show that a public of e ense was committed because it did not ot allege any threat to injure property the court holding that a liquor license was not property but mere permission er mission that threat to fit the obtaining of aliquot license by one who had no authority in the premises PremIse 13 did not constitute a threat property and because of nu berous erous errors in the ruling of the trial rial judge the appellate court held that bat the indictment was invalid and the kilo conviction null and vold void in ef act the court held that was waa I 1 not given a fair fain and impartial trial the decision will have the effect pt of invalidating tho the other four indict ants charging as well as ruef cef with ext and renders void the plea of guilty made by ruef as the appellate court held that no crime wow committed by this reversal it Is feared thattie that the prosecution has lost its hold upon ruef and it is freely predicted that the former pol iteal boss will now refuse all overtures tor for immunity wholly or in part to testify in the bribery graft cases and fight every indictment against him although the court ordered discharged d sch arged from custody on the extortion indictments neither por nor ruef caw can take advantage of the reversal tor for sixty days and even then there la Is little likelihood that either of them will be able to got get the enormous ball alred for their release there are still pending against ruet ruef indictments charging bribery ery on which the total ball Is 1170 and would have to get bonds for 4 on the forty indict bents that remain against him |