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Show JUDGES MORRIS SCORES PROHIBITION OFFICER John Jimpson pleaded "guilty" "guil-ty" to a charge of violating the prohibiting law, the case was heard before Judge Page Morris at Salt Lake City on Monday last. The Judge severely criticised criti-cised the actions of the prohibition prohibi-tion officer and said "If I had the power I'd suspend this sentence sen-tence and the prohibition officer who secured the evidence which caused defendant to plead guilty." guil-ty." According to testimony introduced intro-duced by District Attorney Charles M. Morris and admitted by Jimpson, the federal prohibition prohibi-tion officer making the arrest walked into Jimpson's place of business Saturday and told him he (the officer) was sick and asked Jimpson to procure a pint of liquor for him. Jimpson, the testimony shows, left his place of business and went out to buy the liquor. When he returned with it, the officer placed him under arrest. "Prohibition officers must not forget," said the judge, "that they are representatives of the governmnt. They are here to enforce the law, not to entice men to violate it. I will tolerate no such actions as these." |