Show TO HA HAVE VIE GAMBLiNG DEVICES IS FELONY UNDER lAW OF UTAH Attorneys of the ctt who taking an Interest In the city are affairs of or the police department are ore wondering whether the chief of police has over read the laws s of ot the state Thc They are unable to understand his plea n of ot we wc are arc helpless ss In the case of the arrest of ot t alleged confidence men last Saturday Saturday Saturday Sat Sat- afternoon through tho the excellent detective c work of ot Juvenile Ju Officer George Robinson on In an nn Interview following the arrest Chief Grant told newspaper men that the b best st ho could do was to give the men a floater out of or town for vagrancy The legislature of ot 1913 passed an nn statute which attorneys believe belle covers the case In hand thoroughly Yet Chief Grant de declares de- de cl dares clares e we car ar are he helpless s t to prosecute e i 1 y I f O or OL tile the session laws ns of ot 1913 contains the thc following I clause CO 45 e 5 3 0 ANY PERSON WHO KEEPS OR OCCUPIES ANY ROOM SHED TEN TENEMENT EM ENT TENT BOOTH OR BUILDING FLOAT OR VESSEL OR ANY PART THEREOF OR WHO OC ANY ANY ANYPLACE PLACE OR STAND OF ANY KIND UPON ANY PUBLIC OR PRIVATE GROUNDS WITHIN T THIS H HIS IS STATE WITH BOOKS PAPERS PAPERS PA PA- PERS APPARATUS OR PARA FOR THE PURPOSE PUR PUR- POSE OF RECORDING REPORTING RE RE- PORTING OR REGISTERING BETS OR WAGERS OR OF SELL SELLING NG POOLS IS GUILTY OF A FELONY AND UPON CONVICTION IS PUNISHABLE PUNISHABLE PUN PUN- BY IMPRISONMENT IN THE STATE PRISON FOR A PERIOD OF NOT EXCEEDING ONE YEAR OR BY A FINE IN ANY SUM NOT EXCEEDING 2000 OR BY BOTH SUCH FINE AND IMPRISONMENT When hen the five alleged confidence men were traced to their headquarters t r in the Taylor Talor house East Ease Second South street Saturday after atter noon a complete not ot of or OR PARAPHERNALIA for the purpose of recording or reporting betson bets betson on horse racing was discovered This I according to legal opinion Is I dent clent for conviction con under tho Ma- Ma be boy law passed In 1313 Yet Chief Chier Grant says sn's he is Is Is' helpless helpless help less Lawyers can only explain the situation by that perhaps th the tho guardian of or public safety arety In Salt Lake Lako Is unfamiliar with the laws or of orthe ortho the tho stat state slate Another law lan passed b by the legislature legis legle- lature laturo of 1913 empowers governments go of ot cities of or tho the state to prevent gambling This provision pro Is contained contained con con- tamed In amended section or chapter 86 56 of ot tho the laws of Utah passed In 1913 I If Chief Grant discovers all the tho apparatus and paraphernalia for the practice of ot gambling why Is It that under this provision pro of ot the laws he has not the power to prevent pre It by the tho arrest and conviction of ot tho the men found with gambling g apparatus in their possession I r c cannot understand the attitude of or Chief Grant said eald a prominent attorney attorney ne ney today Tho The mere possession of or gambling apparatus or paraphernalia In this state is against the state law Why h doesn't he act under under that that pro pro- vision Islon Why h with that provision pro on tho the statute books does docs ho he persist In declaring that there Is no law Jaw under which ho can act Why Is It too top that a n Juvenile or or- fleer and not tho the city detectives had to discover Isco this Joint Wo We are aro In In in- informed formed that these men were under suspicion for several weeks Yet their h headquarters were not discovered discovered ered cred until a Juvenile ju officer ran th them m down What hat were the city detective detectives I doin doing nil all i its time |