Ogden Evening Standard | 1912-01-18 | Page 1 | No Longer a Crime

NO LONGER W A CRIME .1.1 To Ignore ShermanLaw I . r That Is Contention I of the Trusts T' Detroit, Jan. IS. Resumption of ar- j guments today before District Judge J ' ' Angell, In the government's criminnl ' case against the "bathtub" trust, m .found tho attorneys facing the ques- iftv tlon whether the recent Standard OIL (11 decision had not entirely eliminated IH the criminal element from the Sher- 111 raaa law. , HI i The' trial is scheduled to begin' Jan- fH tlary 30, but the defense suggested to- ' W day that, in view of the important 11' questions raised ovor the pending mo- - H, tlon to quash the Indictments, It might . m be advisable to carry ;the matter at fjl' once to the supreme court of the Unl- IlR ted Stales. This, It was explained. IMJ could bo done only if Judge Angell ifi( sustained tho motion to quash, as tho , ijlftj defense is entitled to appeal only af- ' Blfl ter trial and conviction, while tho j 1 government can appeal from an ad- Rl verse ruling on the motion to quash. mt