Show THE PUBLIC SHOULD KNOW WHY A recent editorial lit in the times lica ded tins tho county lit in the gap criticised criticized the practice by officers of making county cases out of any which looked as though convictions vict ions would draw only jail sentences while cases in which there axe are prospects 0 of o tines fines are taken into the me city courts A As illustration it cited the recent eases cases against ted krown brown and ted canning which were to lo the county that editorial was front paged lit in lie ho next issue of the iron county record and following it john M poster foster city attorney for cedar city was quoted in a purported answer the burden of which as a we quote from the record was mr foster stated staled that under trader the statutes of this state the second offense of 0 having liquor lit in Is a felony and Is ig not punishable by a justice of the ile peace tco while the cases mentioned were probably the tirol offense yet had the city taken tie the case a second offense on oil tile the part of 0 the defendants would have been bierly a misdemeanor arid and punishable as such buell sonic some other irrelevant arguments worn were advanced by the city attorney and the purported answer ended i with some bome sarcasm about all the county needs it is a rabbit drive ostensibly mr fosters chief concern in shit ting the brown anil and canning cannine cases to the county was to build a foundation tor for prosecution ot of possible second offenses assuming his sincerely in these cases the public is entitled to know why the same precaution taken yesterday in the gibbs gabbs case why was mrs gibbs with the reputation she has taken before the city justice and given ii a paltry tine fine of 15 was wad it felt that there will never be a second offense lit in her case casa that the one experience will suffice buttice to reform her and that a foundation for a felony charge is unnecessary the city attorney may be able to explain it all with some more comment about a rabbit drive but until lie ho does docs the incident only ads adds 1 further proof in support of the times editorial statement that tile county is placed lit iu the gap it it looks like a tine fine either city wl will 11 take a cast it if not the county gets it mrs airs gibbs was baken abt n into the lie city court with good prospect that she would pay a fine rather titan than go to jail Pos possible rAble future conic lions were disregarded had hill ter verliter liter taken the hie blame it would have been a county case and probably a jail sentence W W II al |