Show POUCE Mf ENTER WITHOUT T WARRANT I I I I Supreme Court Decision Reverses Reverses Reverses Re Re- ReI I verses verses Mans Home His Castle Idea By a Judgment handed down yesterday yesterday yes yes- by tho the state supreme court inthe In m I the appeal of Al liveryman against the state of ot Utah it was decided de do- I that a police pollee officer has the ri right ht to enter any persons person's dwelling without a a. warrant when he lie Is of the opinion that a crime Is lii being committed com corn or the person sought Is IM guilty of a felony The decision to a great extent shatters shat that I the old belief belief- that a mans man's home is his castle castic although In the case under un un- un- un der fler review TC the man was arrested in a ahouse ahouse house other othel than his Ills own Williams was convicted con on June Juno 1 in the tile district court of Sevier county on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon at Richfield April 27 He appealed and the higher court yesterday yesterday yesterday yester yester- day the tho Judgment of ot the thc trial court Williams and Mrs Clare Claro McCabe according to the records of oC the case caso visited the home of or Mrs George Ewett Ernett on April 27 Williams accompanied Mrs McCabe to her cabin afterward and remained there several hours Owing to certain reports that had been made hy by persons at Richfield Dan DanBerg DanBerg Berg Borg the cit city marshal and his brother Hans Berg kept watch atch over the cabin About midnight when Williams failed to reappear the thc city marshal and his brother proceeded to make mak an arrest by battering down the door of the cabin AB As they entered the place Williams shot Hans Ber Berg twice The rue city marshal failed to make an arrest arrest ar ar- ar- ar rest but a few hours later the sheriff of Sevier count county took Williams imams into custod custody At the trial Mrs McCabe and Wit Wil Hams Iiams swore that they thoy believed ed that the tho formers former's husband was breaking down clown the Ule door Williams claimed that he shot In self defense He j- j asserted that the Berg brothers had bad no ri right ht to enter th the cabin and sought relief relict from conviction on n such grounds In rendering a decision th the court came camo to tho conclusion that To Tomake Tomake Tomake make aD an arrest a private person if the offense is a felony and In all cases a peace officer ma may break open the thedoor thedoor thedoor door or window of tho the building in which the person to be arrested Is or orin orin orin in which they have havo reasonable grounds for believing him to be af M- after f. f ter having demanded admittance and explained the purpose for which admittance admittance ad ad- Is desired |