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Show LIQUOR CASE GOES TO SUPREME COURT OF TIE LID According to action taken today in the case of the State versus Otto Meek, in which a large quantity of liquor that was taken from the premises prem-ises ni the Oiulen Sales company last fall is inolved and in which the state supreme court recent ly made a decision de-cision sustaining the new prohibition law in its entirety. the supreme court of the United States shall have the final say. The attorneys for the defense h?ve served notife of int r tion to appeal to the federal court and today served notice on Chief of Police Browning not to destroy the liquor. They also had an order of the supreme court directing the officers to keep tne liquor, pending settlement of the case. While it was believed the case would not go higher than the state courts, the carrying of it to the highest high-est tribunal in the land will attract considerable attention and the decision deci-sion of that body will settle the question ques-tion of the constitutionality of the Utah prohibition statute for all time I to come. |