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Show THE LIQUOR CASE. On Saturday morning the case of Ed (Edward) H. Murphy taken before Judge Hunter on a writ of habeas corpus, was resumed at the point where it was broken off on Friday evening. City Attorney Miner made an argument on the matter in behalf of the liquor ordinance, and Judge Sutherland replied to his remarks as well as to those of Mr. Rawlins on Friday afternoon. At the conclusion, Judge Hunter gave a verbal decision. He held that territorial law authorizing county courts to grant liquor licenses was applicable to cities, and presumed that Murphy had a license from the county, that the city might license or regulate, or restrain, but could do only one at a time; that all the fee they could exact be simply what would pay for the expense of issuing and registering the license, that he had a right to decide the validity of their ordinance in a case of this nature; he held the entire ordinance void, and the prisoner was discharged. Mr. Rawlins applied for the allowance of an appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States from the decision. The appeal was allowed and the bond fixed at $200. Whether the city will decide to carry the case up is a question that will have to be determined upon, but Mr. Rawlins by applying for it saved the city the right to do so if it shall be decided to carry the case to the Supreme Court of the United States. - Salt Lake Herald |