Show COORT MORS ano decision handed down winch which set sett aside conviction of former mayor of san francisco score scores of other indictment indictments ar are pending against both men how ever and alleged grafters must still remain in jail san francisco A decision was handed banded down by the district court ot of appeals on thursday reversing tha the judgment ot of the trial court in the case lot f former mayor eugene E sentenced to five vears in san fran on the charge of extortion based lupon upon the alleged holding up of the french restaurants in the matter ot of liquor licenses and setting aside the indictment on which bla his conviction wae was had the trial was made notable by the appearance ot of abraham ruef ruet iwho who controlled the municipal administration and practically placed in office as a witness against the mayor testifying that he had paid him film his share 2 of the 5 re to calved by ruef from the Frencl Vree tarrants tau rants in order that hat would permit the board of police commis blonera to issue liquor licenses to ta them ruet ruef had previous to this pleaded guilty to the same charge at the same time making the en igmati cal statement that be he was innocent on the ground that the indict anent ent did not show that a public ot of bense ense was committed because it did pot bot allege any threat to injure prop arty the court holding that a a liquor icente was not property but mere mera permission that threat to prevent the he obtaining of a liquor license by prie who ho had no authority in tho the premises did not constitute a threat against ainest property and because ot of nu tn rous erous errors in the ruling of the trial mal t judge the appellate court held t that h at the indictment was invalid and the conviction null and veld void in effect the court held that waa was hot given a air fair and impartial trial the decision will have the effect tit of invalidating the other four indict bents bents charging as well as huet with eato extortion atlon and renders void the plea of guilty made by ruef ae as the appellate court held that no crime crimo has teas committed by this reversal it Is feared that the prosecution has lost its hold upon huet ruef and it Is freely predicted that the former political cal boss will now refuse all overtures tor for immunity wholly or in part to testify jn n thai bribery graft cases and fight every indictment against him v although the court ordered discharged from custody on 04 the ex indictments neither nor ruet ruef can take advantage ot of the th reversal for sixty days and even then there Is little likelihood that either ot of them will be able to get the enormous ball required tor for their release there are still pending against ruet ruef indictments charging bribery on which the total ball Is 1170 and would have to get bonds for on the forty indict in d let 1 trien bents is that remain against him I 1 |