Show 11 1 ALaS 1 s iC E JJ c L L. L 1 i L. L.- i-i i I FORGOTTEN lAWS LAINS I ARE DRAGGED 1 0 OUT U T Attorney Wants Officer Arrested for Failure to Arraign Prisoner I Demand for tor the arrest of or Patrolman Patrolman Patrol Patrol- man James J. J Allen Alien Alen was made on the count county attorneys attorney's office yesterday b by John John F. F Watts a tt s. s of or Cecil Ceci Watts at attorneys attorneys at- at tornes torne's for Harry Shaffer held by the poll police to answer a statutory charge chare Watts aUs seeks the Iho arrest of or orAlen Alen Allen on the tue grounds ro that lint hc lie has violated sections of or the tho Utah laws hats's which Insure a man under arrest a speedy speed hearing hearin before a n justice of or the lie pence peace The demand for tor the arrest of oC the tho arresting officer followed the denial of ot the petition petton for a writ of ot habeas corpus by Judge C. C W. W Morse orse yesterday yesterday yes yes- morning The attorneys tou sought ht the thc release of oC Sh Shaffer on habeas corpus cor coi pus proceedings on the grounds round that I cor-I he lie had been unlawfully held b by the chief of ot police poUce for tor four tour days It was wa charged that no complaint had been signed and that no warrant for tho the of ot Shaffer Shatter had been Issued A complaint however was Issued is issued issued Is- Is sued after the filing of ot the petition petton for tor the writ and Shaffer was held Watts nUs went to the office of or the lie county attorney yesterday afternoon and demanded the thc arrest of or Patrolman Patrolman Patrol Patrol- man Alien Alen for tur violating sections and of oC the compiled laws of ot Utah The Tho two sections read as ns follows fob fol lows low Sec Every public officer or other person having arrested an any person upon a criminal charge who wilfully delays taking such person before a n magistrate having jurisdiction tion ton to take his examination Is guilty of ot a misdemeanor Sec See The defendant must mustin in iii all al cases be taken before the magistrate mag mag- istrate without unnecessary ar dela delay dolay Shaffer was arrested last onda Monday by Patrolman Allen Alien on a statutory charge Since his arrest he hc has not been heen taken before a a Justice of or the lie peace leace and his attorneys declare decare that this Is in direct violation of the two sections of ot the thc Utah law In When hen th the complaint was asked for forin forin or orin in the county count attorneys attorney's office yes les es Assistant County Attorney Harold M M. l 1 Stevens ens asked for further time to consider the I As a 1 result resul no complaint was Issued against Allen Shaffers Shaffer's Sharers Sharer's attorneys declare decare that the they will wi go into the supreme me court and ask for tor a writ of ot mandamus in the thc event that the lie count county attorneys attorney's office refuses reuses to issue the tho complaint Shatter Shaffer originally was arrested at atthe atthe atthe the request of or his wife Mrs Riga m a was also alo taken Into custody Since the arrest arest Mrs Shaffer has hns declined to prosecute her husband The count county nt attorneys attorney's of office rice however has hns expressed the determination to convict Shaffer without tile tHe aid of or his wife wite Shaffer Shafter was released from the state stale prison two weeks a ago o by tho the state board hoard of ot pardons Ho He was serving an indeterminate term teim for tor a statutory offense |