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Show LIVE STOCK ASSOCIATION FIOIIT INBI'IIUTION LAW. Colorado Matute In l.e Contested In lllxh. rat Com la. Judge Halletl of the United State district court Friday granted a writ ot habeas corpus In the caso of IMward II. Held, a cattle shipper ot Omaha, who waa convicted In thedlstrlet court of Arapahoe county of havlug violated' the Colorado statutes by shipping cattle luto Colorado from Texas with-out with-out having a etgu'i-d bill of hoaltit Irmn a cattle Inspector, and waa sentenced to alx months' Imprisonment lu the county Jail. Held refused lo pay a alate Inspection Inspec-tion fee after having received a deaf bill of health from the federal Inspector, Inspec-tor, lu order to enable thu National Live Stock association In lest tho validity va-lidity ot the Colorado law requiring-tha requiring-tha Inspection olcattla shipped through tha stato. Messrs. Talbot and Dcnlson, on behalf be-half of tho association, made tbe application appli-cation to the United State district court for a writ of habae corpu fur Held. Altorncy-Ocncral Post appeared on behalf ot tho state. The writ waa made returnable ou Saturday at 10 o'clock. Should the United Statea district court sustain tha decision of I tho state court, the National I.lva Slock association will appeal the com to thu United States supreme court. Ill nn Interview John W. Springer, president presi-dent of tho National Live Stock niso-clntlou, niso-clntlou, declared It wa the Intention of hi organization lo lest the constitutionality consti-tutionality of the Colorado stato law which require state Inspection of live stock, notwithstanding a clean bill of health had been graiited by the Federal Feder-al authorities. |