Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1920-07-18 | Page 13 | Supreme Court to Pass on Dry Law

1 SUPREME COURT TO 10 TOON PASS ON DRY LAW LAN LAWI I i Attorney rIlY Will App Appeal Utah Prohibition Act to High ugh Tribunal Appeal to tho United States supreme supreme court to determine If Ir the Utah prohibition lion tion law Is effective will bo be made by byI I Thomas Ramage according to his sta statement In Judge Harold Harald M. M Stephens Stephens Stephens' Steph Steph- ens ens' ens division of the Third district court yesterday re when he was defending B B. B w W. W Raymond namond who Is 13 charged with selling Intoxicating liquor The Tho de decision de- de is still under advisement ad Ra Raymond mond pleaded guilty guilt to the charge In the city court and v was sentenced sen sen- to servo sixty days as Tho The plea was entered so that the tho matter could be bo to the attention of ot the tho district district district dis dis- court immediately COliC Care Taken Under Advisement When the appeal was argued before JUlI Judge Stephens several Beveral months ago ho he took the tho matter under advisement pending decision b by the United States court on tho the constitutionality of af tho the act Argument was re resumed resumed resumed re- re yesterday at Judge Stephens' Stephens request Both Thomas Ramage namale counsel for Raymond Ramond and Shirley P. P Jones of at tho elt city attorneys attorney's office ar argued yesterday yesterday yester ester esterday day that the court decision had hall strengthened tho the arguments the they originally advanced Mr Jones Eal said the decision gave the states tho the rl right ht to pass legislation not In conflict with tho the eighteenth amen amendment ment or tho the Vol Vol- stead act Mr Ir declared that the states tates arc are given I en authority and re required required required re- re II to enact laws for tor the enforcement enforcement enforcement enforce enforce- ment of the federal law but the they cannot cannot cannot can can- not pass Independent laws on the question ques ques- tion Utah I Law W Salil Said Mi Mr h Rama Ramage e said ad that when tho the federal federal fed ted eral law forbids forbid Rhode Rhodo Island and 1011 Now Not Jersey to put Into effect statutes which permitted wino and beer containing in III excess of ot ono-half ono of one per cent cont of at alcohol that It likewise forbade Utah to enact laws that provide that bera beverages bev- bev ra cs shall not contain In excess of I one-fourth one o of one ono per c cent nt of or alcohol It was also pointed out l by Mr Ramage Ram Rant RamI I age nS-C that the United States Stales law permits permits per per- mits the of whisky for medicinal purposes but the state law prohibits Its manufacture for tor any par pur pose This point had no connection with tho the Raymond Baymond caso case and was not argued further