Show POLICE JUDGE SUSPENDS 4 BAil BROKERS Tw Bond Firms Qualified One Waits Decision of Courts Court's Ruling Four bondsmen were suspended by Cit City Judge Nephi Jensen in police court Friday when all bail bond brokers were called before beCore him to rc re- qualify their claims and assets Two bonding firms were qualified one decision was withheld pending investigation of assets and two more were granted until Monday to present present pre pre- sent their assets and claims The firms suspended are arc Everill Davis Skidmore Smith Sharp and Wood Hays Arthur J. J Skidmore candidate for city commis commissioner commissioner in the primaries and who was proposed b by May Mayor r Louis Marcus for city treasurer is a member of the firm of Skidmore Decision on the firm of Melis Lambros was withheld temporarily and the firms of Ca as Johnson and Burgess were qualified quail fied the former with assets in excess of f and the latter with assets t totaling The firms of Baily Baily and Harmon Price were granted ranted until Monday Monda to appear before Judge Jenson Jen Jen- son sen Judge Jensen called the meeting Friday after a searching investigation tion of the bail bond menace in Salt Lake which followed an order from Chief of Police William L. L Payne forcing the thc bondsmen and their cappers cap pers out of the thc public safety building The eight bonding firms operating in the city presented their assets and claims before the judge who immediately Immediately imme Imme- diatel began checking abstracts of title and bank statements before beCore he qualified an any of them under the newstate new newstate newstate state law regulating activities of bondsmen Evidence that the bail bond racket deserved Investigation was revealed when it was disclosed the bonding firm of oC Smith and Sharp had failed to pay a bond hond ordered forfeited some time ago After suspending the firm from fur fur- Continued on PUt Pave Fourteen I JUDGE 4 BAL BROKERS Continued from P Pg io Eleven ther practice in city court Judge Jensen also instructed City Court Clerk Joseph Hyland to start suit to collect the which was ordered forfeited by City Judge C. C F. F Dalby when the bondsmen failed to produce Thomas lace of Hunter alleged liquor law violator lice Ince was convicted of the charge In police court and was fined by Judge Dalby He neither paid hi his fine nor made further appearance in incourt incourt court records show At the close of Fridays Friday's meeting Judge Jensen urged closer cooperation tion between courts In the city and county building and police court in notifying each other of the suspension sion slon of bondsmen Many firms suspended suspended sus sus- In court In the city and coun county county ty building still function in police court because the suspension has not been reported he said u 4 |