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Show CONTEMPT OF COURT NOT COMMITTED Salt Lake April 25 No contempf of court was comrrittod by B. F. Grant, chleT of poll?, in ordering the arrest of employe of E. W. Allen for selling liquor without a license after Allen had ajDoaled to the su preme court from the judgment by which his license ws revoked. So rules the supreme court In an opinion rendered yesterday on the order to show caue why tlip chief should not be punihed for contempt of that court. It Is laid down as law that the judgment of the dllrict court revoking revok-ing a liquor llcens.- is self executing, requiring no act. of a ministerial of ficer to make it so ;;nd that an appeal ap-peal from such a jtdgment does not stay the effect of tie judgment. The prevailing opin'on is by Chief .hist ice W M McCarty. Justice J. E. Frlck and Justice D. N Siraup concur, con-cur, but they go furner and declare that In their belief .urh a judgment Is not even appraliblo. They contend con-tend that the judpnent merely sus-ponds sus-ponds a privilege athcr than Inflicts a punishment Allen is the prorietor of the For-tola For-tola cafe. His Dense was revoked by the district COrt after the city had filed charges against him, ask- lng for such revocation. Ho filed an appeal bond and proceeded to sell liquor, contending that the appeal stayed the judgment of the district court The chief of police caused the arrest of the manager of the cafe for selling without a license, and Allen immediately applied for an order citing cit-ing the chief of police for contempt. The order was argued and taken under un-der advisement The supreme court is unanimous in its opinion that the filing of an appeal ap-peal bond did not Btay the judgment or allow Allen to continue to sell liquor. |