Show CITY JUSTICE MAY TRY LIQUOR CASES recent ruling ot of supreme court sustains judge morgan ol at fourth J judicial district A ruling of the greatest import we UILO regard to the liquor situ ration ution in the dry sections of utah its hloi lust just been given by the supreme 4 furt art in tho case of american fork hufy y against geo D charlier Cb arlier libla le question lleon camo came up before judge ewe borgaa an soon after he became judge abil dhe be ruled similar to the ruling I 1 iiii t w given by the higher tribunal illie tribunal holds holda that ily any incorporated city in the tato state ims tho the power to enact covering the mama ground as ag the stata liquor law of 1911 and to wry barry on its ita own prosecutions un dei that law irrespective of the coun ty ly it attorney torney ithe effect of the decision dec lalon will be ya fie immediate shining shifting to the cites shoulders the burdensome burd ersome onal nol heretofore carried by the attorney fin in its application to salt lake cuy the opinion settles a long dispute between the citha ta department and the county attorney I 1 E willey fl her sine since the lw of 1911 went into effort effect the alho county attorney has contented that the city not only can but should hudle h 41 6 its it 5 0 own wn prosecutions under tit T lay IRIV now that the supreme vf rt has ba sustained his view ho he in t aa 0 he be says to force the city to 11 lia idle dle the prosecutions rhth havo have atiq h tolore taken so ao much of the tint of the county attorneys office ato i ibbe city through tHiro ieh its lt legal dopart department part ment has contended all along that tho thel city itself has ha no let authority hority li apas pan ordinances along lines alln ag ac the ul oate liquor law or to handle cases cajas of violation of the law 11 J din oily city attorney has told the city time and again that the city has nothing to do with the a uch such cases mid and con quent ly tho colico haie haic operated the county at torney a office and the county justice in prosecuting offenders against the law new ordinance covering the field of tile the abate law as u applied to tho the city wilt will have to be passed und and pro vision for carrying on a vast amount ot now handled exclusively clu by the county an extra assistant will III to be necessary itoe opinion of tho the supreme court Is rendered in deciding two liquor cases cages in utah county dry territory the important ruling Is made la in the case are of american fork against Clia who was wan arrested armsted charged with ith violating a town toun ordinance drawn in conformity with the state law W and tho the sale bale of llau 01 within tho the town limits lie ho was waa convicted and fined AI pealing to the supreme court charlier Char ller argued that the ordina ordinance nce ars invalid in that the town had no right to pass an ordinance on uia 1 I same subject matter towered covered in UK the state statute on this conten tion tho the court rules as aa fol lows iowa mhd tho overwhelming weight of authority in this country to la to the c effect that theio such powers police powers are conferred upon mu they may proult it and the same acts that are PHO habited antl anti punished iby by the state law and may impose the same pen aleles imposed by the state laws if within the jurisdiction of the ohp munt muni cipri courts |