Show RULING OF COLORADO JUDGE DIRECTLY OPPOSED TO MARSHALLS DECISION The ruling of Judge Robert E Lewis of the federal court at 11 Denver in quashing the coal land fraud indict indictments indictments indictments ments against a number of o prominent Colorado business men Is Ig In direct con conflict ct with a ruling by Judge John A arshall of the federal district court of Utah tah who sustained sustain d the governments contentions in precisely y similar cases The TIte ruling of the Denver Judge will willbe willbe willbe be taken to the United States supreme court on a writ of or error while the lo 10 local local cal defendants will have to stand trial The cases eases came ame up at the April term ter of the district court urt Judge J Lewis held that the charge of illegally acquiring a coal lands under the dummy system was not suf sut sufficient sufficient to base a criminal indictment and that the whole theory of the gov government government government is wrong The Judge said that there is no law which makes it criminal for a citizen to agree in hi advance of an entry of coal land to sell seli to others whether individuals or corporations the theland theland theland land that he might acquire by pur purchase purchase purchase chase He said that section the federal il statutes regarding conspiracy was inapplicable to these cases as it dealt only with pension matters and nd not with land transactions The s ame sante question was argued before Judge Marshall last April and only a month ago he rendered a decision over overruling overruling overruling ruling the demurrers entered by the various defendants defendant and holding them for trial He was of the opinion that section s applied to all these cases I When the United States supreme ne court reviews Judge Lewis opinion the matter will be definitely settled but It ItIs itis itis Is understood that the trial of the Utah defendants will not be postponed until the supreme court acts |