Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-02-28 | Page 4 | The Law Shows Its Teeth

L The Law W Shows hows Its ifs Teeth rI HE la law showed its teeth in city court Thursday Thurs Thurs- 4 da day day but they must have been false teeth They didn't bite hard enough to leave a mark on the convicted convict d liquor law vi violators who must walked gleefully out of court singing A nibble like that wont won't do us any harm Kenneth Payne Jack McNally Frank rank Miller Mil Mu- ler Jer and nd Joe oe Barnes were arrested arrest September 29 last nearly last nearly four months ago for agO for selling liquor melt illegally Ily at 29 West West First South str street Miller Miili was acquitted The others were found guilty y by jury verdict I I Ferrell FerrelI Fe l Gallacher was arrested for violation of th the liquor control act about th three e months ago goat go at East Ninth South street He was convicted by a jury Payne ayne McNally and Gallacher stood up for sentence e te tence ce in Judge Daniel Harrington's court Imagine laine gine their ir dismay when the he judge told them the penalty would be sixty days in jail But imagine agine th their ir joy when he ad added ed th that the sex sen t ten es would be suspended I It m must muse st be a a terr terrible terrible ter ter- ter- ter r ble weight upon an evildoers evildoer's conscience to Ie serve out a sen sentence nce like that Barnes did noi no take the courts court's order to ap appear appear ap- ap pear for sentence seriously en enough ugh to be on hand nd So his bond posted by by professional bondsmen was declared forfeit and a bench I hJ arrant w was wa's s ordered for Barnes Barnes' subsequent subsequent I q quent eni appearance The be eff effect c- c cof of all t this is The time tini ari and effort ef arresting officers the prosecutor the r J I judge jury and witnesses wholly wasted the taxpayers taxpayer's yer's money paying their wages salaries and fees wh wholly lly wasted the purpose and andin intent in intent intent in- in tent of the liquor control law nullified For Forthe Forthe Forthe I the convicted law violators A good laugh at atthe atthe atthe the liquor law the liquor c commission the po police police police po- po lice th the jury and the body politic From the underworld If that's justice give us more of it iU