Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-05-07 | Page 11 | Man Fined $150 in Contempt Case

M MAN N FINED 1 IN CONTEMPT G CASE Sf Wool Dealer Discovers Court Business Is More Important Than Shearing Season Uncle Sams Sam's affairs are arc more Important Important im important Im- Im than the wool business District Judge D. D Johnson I attempted to Impress this fast fat fact on Charles I. I Tuttle representative of ol the Draper Co wool firm when Mr Tuttle appeared Thursday to answer to Lo a n charge of contempt of oC court Mr Tuttle ruttle parted with and was ordered ordered or or- or- or dered to serve the remainder of oC the calendar regardless of the fact that this is the shearing season eason tuttle ruttle had been summoned to serve enc as a juror during durin the present term of or the federal court Being In the wool ool business our season cason In the we west is very limited lasting asUng not over two months and a n half ml wrote Mr Tuttle confidingly to 0 o the judge It is very ery necessary hat that hatI I leave for California going rom there to Oregon Washington md Montana from which trip I could not return to ro this city until sometime after aCter May 1 I In case this is 15 Judge Johnson Thorn I am addressing I was called Before you once before at this same mc of the year and you excused me merom merom rom serving at that time Thanking rou for consideration l a in this matter H r a. a 1 Then Mr Tuttle dismissed the matter from front his mind He took a trip to southern Utah and California When he returned friends informed him isbn that he was In contempt of court and that the Jail doors yawned Judge Johnson did not smile when Mr Tuttle appeared Thursday The offense is a serious one said the he Judge I I advise you ou to get a lawyer The Judge declared that the other jurors Juror were also busy men and had Continued on Page Pace BUtten M MAN N fiNED 13 IN iN CONTEMPT G CASE SE Continued from Pate Parc Eleven given en up their time to serve their country We cannot have a government unless un un- less we c have courts and we cannot ha have haC C courts unless we ha have YC juries said uld the thc Judge Mr Tuttles Tuttle's thoughts may go ga wool woo woolgathering woolgathering gathering during the present term of court but Mr Tuttle will not I o. o