Show Utah Liquor Law Declared Unconstitutional Attorney William Newton told the supreme court of Utah Utan that mat the possession of liquor is a privilege In which citizens of the United States are protected by Fourteenth amendment to the federal constitution tion That amendment nt says that no state tate may abridge the privileges of any citizen of the United States Such a clause being in to tile federal constitution Mr Newton argued that the Utah constitution Is unconstitutional unconstitutional unconstitutional whenever legislation is at attempted attempted attempted at- at tempted under it to prevent possession possession possession posses posses- sion of Intoxicating liquor The Vol Vol- stead act Mr Newton holds gives the such a privilege and the state may not take It rom him The case came t to the stale 3 su supreme en- en preme court on the appeal of Mrs Jean Johnson from whose home was taken some Intoxicating After After Attar Af At- ter tar decision before nudge L L. 13 n. Wright Mrs Johnson appealed the tho case to the supreme court and It was stipulated that tae liquors in question were obtained by Mrs Johnson for personal use and antI were not purchased since the state prohibition prohibition law went into c Shirley P. P Jones assistant city at- at orney of Salt Lake arguing for tor the state contended that tha many courts have already decided that to deprive a man of Intoxicating Is not notto notto notto to deprive him of life Ufe liberty and the pursuit of as guarantied by hy bythe bythe hythe the federal constitution Justice S. S R R. R Thurman remarked Incidentally that hat not all persons would agree with such an interpretation so far as concerns the pursuit or Mr N Newton based his argument largely on a decision by the tha supreme court of Florida on a similar ques ques- tion That court held that an act of or congress Is the law of theland the theland land and that therefore l nc tic act supersedes the Florida laws In In- reg regard rd to intoxicating ting liquors liquors- Mr J Jones on the other hand hana pointed pointed to to decisions of the highest courts in lit eight or ten other states which he be said hold that state laws designed the enforcement of the eighteenth amendment to to the federal constitution tion are not In violation of that con on |