Salt Lake Telegram | 1925-04-08 | Page 2 | Storrs Case to Go to Highest Tribunal

Storrs Oase Case to Go Goto Goto Goto to Highest Tribunal The governments government's s efforts to prosecute George Georce A. A Storrs former warden of the state prison Joseph S. S Welch Earl J J. J Welch and Charles M. M Croft will be carried to the United States supreme court urt I This action was assured Wednesday Wednesday Wednes Wednes- i day by the denial of ot a rehearing of the case In which Judge Judie Tillman Tillman Till Till- j man D D. Johnson sustained a motion mp- mp ion tion of abatement by which the I indictment against the quartet officials a Is of ot the Great Western Vestern Coal Mines company was quashed I The men were indicted for alleged I violation of the postal code conspiring conspiring con con- to use the mails malls to defraud con j In the promotion of ot the mine The case will go direct to the supreme court on constitutional grounds and also for the reason that the tho alleged offenses would d be outlawed If carried to the circuit court it was said The defense won their motion 1 which chIch Mch resulted In the quashing of the Indictment on the grounds that the th proceedings of the grand jury b became came of a semipublic nature nature nature na na- na- na ture through the transcribing of the testimony by Edward M. M Gar Gar- nett official court reporter Gar I who during the proceedings was vas appointed appointed apt ap ap- ap- ap t pointed an assistant district at at- at I torney I at-I