Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1919-01-08 | Page 14 | Dry Juries Free Culprits: White

7 o e eDRY oDRY DRY JURIES FREE CULPRITS WHITE Police Chief Charges Department Depart Depart- ment Is Hampered in Handling Hand Hand- ling hug Liquor Violations ions Juries composed of or tho the rankest prohibitionists pro pro- ts acquit violators of or tho time liquor law continually and anti er e every oh- oh Is thrown In iii the time way of ot tho the po police police po- po lice In enforcing tho the prohibition law li lawIn lawin In Salt SaIL Lake This Is what Chief of oC Poll Police co J J. Parley White yesterday told the elt city commissioners Some Some- Questions questions questions ques Ques- on police enforcement of or tho the prohibition prohibition pro pro- law has be been n asked of oC the chief and ho he unburdened ned himself of ot othIs his thoughts thou A As a n. further aid to tho the Police pollee In enforcing tho the liquor law Jaw ho lw mo asked alced for permission to confiscate ato the time fixtures 1 tures of ot every cry establishment where liquor was found I Ie We e have havo a n. jury composed of or the rankest prohibitionists ono one can n ImagIne Imagine Imag Imag- their de decision do- do ine Inc but they always nl give ghe cllon In iii favor ot n. of ot tIme the bootlegger he said Tho The other ether da day we wo raided and found the th nicest kind of ot a little distillery where wine was being made from raisins They oven e had hall time the charcoal charcoal char char- coal through which to strain time the fermented fer fer- product t but when wo we got ot thorn them In court thc they produced a a. permit to manufacture vinegar and said that the wino wo we found was in tho time process of It being made Into vinegar Inc nr The jury jur bro l brought ht In a verdict v of ot not guilty Chief White complained o of tho railroad railroad rail rail- road companies companies' s' s lack hick of ol operation co-operation in Sn detecting Importers of ot Intoxicating liquor lie IIo said thc they protested th that thai l tho policemen damaged o trunks when th they y shook them aro in tho the baggage baggage bag bag- haJ gage rooms to listen to the po possible swish swish-swish of oC th the thu liquid content contents The Tho commission favored fa the proposed pro pro- posed confiscation and also went on record as being heart heartily II In favor or a of oC a between Sheriff John S S. Corl Corless 8 and Chief ChIc White to make plans plaus for tho office and tho the police department to work together in stopping stop stop- pInS ping tho traffic of at liquor Into Utah from wet states slates