Salt Lake Telegram | 1922-03-12 | Page 1 | Years Carries [Illegible] Fight to Supreme Court

c YEAS c CARRIES urn LEGAL EGAL HI fiGHT Mom I D DK T TO COURT K I Pleads ads Operation of Statute K of Limitations and That No Felony Was Committed Commit j Commit Commit- Red ted in Salt Lake City SAYS TRANSACTION I WAS MERELY CIVIL Alleged eged Fugitive Raises I Fine Point of oJ Law Regarding Regarding Regarding Re Re- garding Bank Transaction i of Milton D. D Joseph MIAMI 1 Fla March 11 B By the associated Press Press Counsel Counsel for J. J D. D Iyer rs local real estate man nian arrested I Sst ast week as a fugitive from justice n ant warrant charging that as Milton he lie had bad embezzled Salte Salt in bank light t years yeara ago from a today di directly dl- dl ike aie e City Utah appealed y to the Florida supreme court torja a. a writ of habeas corpus L application made by telegraph r.-e r. set ugh counsel in Tallahassee statute of limitations urn limi the plea that the flO now intervenes that a felony ca not committed Inasmuch as the pas stolen etolen securities were Alleged Joseph personally and not the bank anZ and that a civil debt and not a action Is involved Governor Hardee ardee last night refused to revoke tile papers signed the day before for or the return of Myers l to tab h. h r I would I anticipated that Joseph take tile the very stand that he Is now E. E taking LUng County Attorney Arthur More Moreton ton said last night 4 The statute of limitations does not ply because Joseph has been out of ot state ever ever since the crime crimo was We alleged in our complaint com coin plaint lant and In the various extradition that he left the state litter after the rIme crime and that the statute i consequently could not As to Josephs Joseph's claim that the se- se were to him per- per and that bis his alleged act would a civil debt and not a a. rime the best answer Is to ask him why Thy he be left Salt Lake so hurriedly WIG Wie have bave charged him with embezzle embezzle- nent grand larceny and obtaining noney ioney by trick and I am cert certain In hat iatt hat wo we will be able to convict him rhen he Is returned to Salt Lake Lafle cm rom Florida Chief Criminal Deputy Sheriff Herert Her- Her rt ert Leichter who is In Miami await await- ig the end of the fight that Joseph making to prevent being brought ack lack to Utah wired Sheriff Sherif C. C Frank mery ry yesterday that he expected to tove gave save ve Miami l about Thursday It t seems sure that Joseph will be beI guest at your Jail Leichter told I he in the telegram