Salt Lake Telegram | 1940-12-09 | Page 20 | Legal Ruling Frees Driver

LEGAL RULING FREES DRIVER A persistent drunken driving charge against a Murra Murray resident was dismissed Monday in Third district court by Judge M. M J. J Bron- Bron son The defendant Harvey C. C Williams Williams Wil Wil- liams hams won acquittal when the judge ruled the current and prior offenses cannot be prosecuted indifferent indifferent in different jurisdictions and under different jurisdictional codes Williams was arrested October 19 9 by state highway patrolmen Inthe inthe in the he block on South State State- East street The officers alleged alleged al- al eged he was intoxicated and cited a prior conviction The complaint prepared at the Salt Lake county attorneys attorney's office office of- of fice ice cited Williams' Williams conviction on ona ona ona a similar charge March 11 1939 in n Provo city court The fact that the current allegation allegation allegation alle alle- gation is brought under a state law aw and the offense committed in Salt Lake county while the prior charge harge was brought under a Provo city ordinance and the offense committed in Utah county were cited by defense counsel as ground I Ifor for or dismissing the charge I