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Show 'JUDGE A. W. AGEE IS I GIVEN Hill 1 I M. E. CHURCH Rev. Christian R. Garver, talented tand fdrecful pastor of the First Metho-dist Metho-dist church, injected Billy Sunday (methods into his services yesterday pmorning. As a result, Judge A: W. Agee.of the (district court, who recently sustained the Utah liquor law and. held that all liquors were subject to seizure, was given an onthusiastic- endorsement by the congregation. Judge Agec hap-ipened hap-ipened to be attending the services and was compelled to respond to the de-onands de-onands of the church folk by rising and acknowledging the unusual incident 'with a series of bows. I Rev. Mr. Garver, during the delivery I of a remarkably able discourse, ob-served ob-served that Judge Agee was among his auditors. He immediately adverted to the prohibition question, lamented .the fact that in its enforcement the laws wcro not more stringently en-forced en-forced and referred to the jurist as ) (one in high authority who had made H' v ftho-law effective. He declared that the court was entitled to the distinction distinc-tion of blazing the way in Utah for a strict enforcement of the prohibition measure, and Then pandemonium broke loose in the congregation. Some one -far down in front unable to restrain her enthusiasm en-thusiasm began' clapping her hands. Five hundred people followed and continued con-tinued until Judge Agee arose and acknowledged ack-nowledged the impromptu but exceedingly exceed-ingly lively demonstration that was going go-ing on with him as the honoree. Rev. Mr. Garver's reference to Judge Agee was the result of the opinion he handed down in sustaining a demurer filed by the state in tho case against Joseph Laucirica, a former saloon man of Ogden, seeking to replevin a large quantity of liquors and wines confiscated in a raid made by Sheriff Herbert Peterson, The court, in his opinion, held that the prohibition laws should not be interpreted upon technicality tech-nicality but upon intent and it was the intent of the law to suppress the liquor li-quor traffic. oo |
