Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-09-09 | Page 5 | Beer Licenses Wait Decision

BEER LICENSES LICENSE WAIT DECISION Utah liquor commissioners Monday Monday Monday Mon Mon- day pigeon-holed pigeon the task of issuing ing lag beer licenses ice ses until the tho state supreme court announces its opinion opinion opinion ion on constitutionality of the lIquor liquor liquor law Chairman Hugh B. B Brown announced announced an an announced the action was taken because because be be- cause tho the beer dealer licensing provisions a of o-f the law are aro contested in tho the test case However Chairman Brown said the commission will no not abandon its enforcement drive Bootleggers are going to continue to be fair game for tor the commission Arguments Arguments' in the constitutionality constitutional constitutional- ity test case will be heard by by- bythe the supreme court September 20 Attorneys Attorneys Attorneys At At- for the commission will wil present their reasons why a temporary tem tern por ry writ of prohibition restrainIng restraining restrain restrain- ing lug district court against more more than a score of asserted bootleggers bootleggers bootleggers boot boot- leg leg-gers should n not t be made permanent per manent Meanwhile the liquor commission legal advisors advIsors E. E. E M. M Bagley and Henry D D. Moyle an Moyle answered vered the temporary writ of ot prohibition peU tion of six asserted Ogden liquor Jaw aw violators Their answer was similar to that filed with the high court in the case of the Salt Lake City and Price resort operators whose establishments w were re closed closet by injunctions Three more operators operators' in Price moved into the temporary writ action when they filed tiled their petition pet peti tion with the supreme court They were Lewis Evans Robert E. E Lee and d. d Merlin I D. D Jones