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Show GAMBLING UW I 18 KM TESTED I Salt Lake, Jan. 31. Arguments on ' H the application of George Bruce, ar- H rested at Bingham on a charge of H gambling, for a writ of habeas cor- H pus, to secure his release from the r"4H custod3 of Sheriff Joseph C. Sharp were heard yesterday afternoon In i - H Judge F, C. Loofbourow's division of I IH the Third district court. Judgo Loof- j jH bourow took the matter under advise.- jH ment jH The constitutionality of the gambling M law is attacked in the proceeding, It ( being contended by Bruce that the law provides for th'o taking of private H property without due process of law. '11 Attorney Willard Hanson argued the i IPJ case for Bruce and County Attorney I. M E. Willey for Sheriff Sharp. H 1 Bruce "is charged with conducting j J a game of poker and was arrested. ' H together with several others. The ha- I H beas corpus proceedings w'ero begun i H to test the validity of the law and 'H the rights and authority of the offl- H cers under the law. H |