Show w Chez Says That Free Beer Is Legal L gal at Wedding edding W Fete Attorney General Joseph Chez figuratively invited guests at a forthcoming Santaquin wedding to have one on him Friday when he ruled that free beer could flow at the festivities without fear of interruption by men G-men of the state liquor commission The state liquor law prohibits the giving away of beer or liquor without a a license from th the state liquor commission but the thc attorney attorney attorney ney ney general assured Mayor E. E C. C Openshaw of that the legislature never intended to prevent prevent pre pre prevent vent a a person from treating guests Otherwise he pointed out a aman aman aman man would have to get a a. license from the liquor commission before he could treat his wife to a bottle of beer he had taken home Tho ruling is tho the first to be handed down by the attorney general general gen gen- eral on this complexity in tho the state liquor law The law Jaw also prohibits the giving away of hard liquor but the states state's legal officer did not rule on the validity othis phase Mayor Openshaw explained a Santaquin resident Walter Valter Galloway Gallo Cab wa way planning a wedding in his family sought permission to serve guests free tree beer either cither in the beer parlor he formerly operated or at athis athis athis his home homed The affair the mayor wrote in an anxious vein is taking place tonight or tomorrow night and a speedy reply is of great importance importance importance tance at this time Deputy Attorney General S S. D. D Huffaker who wrote the opinion ruled that Mr Calloway Galloway could give away all the beer his guests could consume or he could afford to provide If the purchaser of beer must be the sole consumer thereof he held then nearly every person who drinks beer in the state of Utah is a law violator for I doubt whether you could find a single person who consumes all of the beer he purchases or purchases all of the be beer r he consumes As an afterthought however r the attorney general warned the tho mayor may may- or that laws Jaws against drunkenness breach of the peace and rowdy- rowdy Ism must not be violated |