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Show . oo REBUKE FOR SHADY ' DETECTIVES Two offenders against the liquor c laws were brought before Judge Till-3 Till-3 man D. Johnson, in tho federal court 3 in Salt Lake yesterday, and both were . allowed to go with a fine of $100 instead in-stead of a prison sentonce. The men had brought intoxicating liquor from ,Evanston. Wyo., in violation of the ( Reed amendment, but were the dupes of a detective in Salt Lake who had persuaded them to commit the crime. In passing sentence, Judge Johnson said: "I wish to say that I have no sym-pathy sym-pathy with the employment by the government, the state or the municipality munici-pality of detectives to Induce the com- mission of crime. It is proper to have detectives for the purpose of detecting, detect-ing, but it is improper to have detectives detec-tives for the purpose of Inducing the commission of crime. I have a strong i suspicion that this woman, nerhans planned to trap these two defendants for tho purpose of securing the conviction con-viction of one or both of them, and it Is highly probable that she had some-'thlng some-'thlng to do with the purchase of the ' liquor In this case and with bringing It into this state. Having such ex-; ex-; treme doubt, I -will find each of the ; defendants in tho sum of $100." j The history of the case, briefly stated, stat-ed, is that Croft, one of the defendants, ( had been hired by Mary Smith, to make - tho trip to Evanston and to use-the taxicab in which he wns the owner, for tho purpose, and that shortly after having started from Salt Lake, on loarnlng of tho purpoao of tho trip. Croft wanted to turn back. Mary : Smith, however, insisted on completing complet-ing the trip. Former Attorney Gener-' al Albert R. Barnes Informed the j court that he had talked with tho police po-lice department concerning tho matter, mat-ter, and had found that the Smith woman was an employe of tho depart ment and carried a Btar In her pocket Ho declared that ho had become convinced con-vinced that the woman had Induced Croft to mako the trip to Evanston. Judge Johnson, In rebuking those In authority who connive at law Infraction, Infrac-tion, performed a service for good government. gov-ernment. Detectives, or other members mem-bers of a police department, who plan offenses against law and order for the purpose of trapping those in the twilight zone of crime, are not, in intent, one whit better than their victims. vic-tims. In moral make up they are cunning rascals, and, if not deficient in physical courage, would be doing that which they induce others to do In violation of law. |