The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-21
PASTOR. DENIED
DRY CASE RULE
BY HIGH COURT
Buffalo Clergyman Served
Wine to Friends on
Courthouse Steps.

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WASHINGTON. Oct, 2l.-The SUI
preme court Monday denied the
Rev. A. Stanley Copeland, Buffalo
IN. " clergyman. review of his suit
to contest the validity Of the Vol
stead act and the eighteenth
amendment, brought against James
w. Higgins, Buffalo police commits
sioner, to compel return Of liquors
seized at Copelands home.
The petition was Mr.. Copeland's
second attempt to test the validity
Of the dry laws. A previous appeal
several years ago was denied. The
clergyman has been fighting the dry
laws since his sentence to the Erie
county jail for having offered wine
to friends who wished to drink with
him on the front steps Of the Buff
falo federal courthouse.
Acts as Own Attorney
His own attorney, the minister
contends the statutes are violation
Of his guarantees of personal and
religious freedom and an invasion Of
state rights.
Other rulings were:
Decision TO review the interstate com
merce ruling that rates for oil trans
portation on Indiana railroads are not
excessive. Suit was brought by Standard
oil Of Indiana.
Denial Of review to the Stevens Hotel
Company Of Chicago in its unsuccessful
suit to restrain the Chicago Yacht Club
from erecting a clubhouse between the
hotel and the lake front.
Denial OF review to Edward Blanchard,
unfermented zrepe Juice dealer. on con-
viction for selling wine in Texas.
scripps' Appeal Denied
Denial TO Josephine 8. Scripps, widow
Of James G. scripps. Of review OF her
action to share in profit increases in the
publishing business OF the late Edward
w. Scripps, during the time 1t was man
aged by her husband.
Refusal to pass on validity OF the Min
nesota state law authorizing foreclosures
OF mortgages for delinquent instalment
without exhausting the lien.
Refusal to review cases OF middle west
erners who bought extensive land tracts
in Sacramento county. California. for fruit
growing. Land was alleged nonfertile and
misrepresented.
Grant OF review In the conviction of
J. W. Afford. sentenced in Los Angeles
10 I'VE years in prison for mail frauds.
Train Laws Are Up
Decision to pass on validity of the Ar
kansas full-train and full-switching crew
laws, on the statute books since 1907.
Missouri-Pacidc railroad contends i'm
provement in train control devices since
enactment make laws obsolete.
Denial Of review of conviction Of Thomas
w. Fleming. former Cleveland councilman,
on charge Of accepting a bride while in
office for procurement of favors.
Refusal to rule on status Of pre-revo-
lutionary Russian corporations having
credit accounts in American banks.
Consent to review validity of Tennessee
law imposing tax on interstate buses
passing through state.
Must Employ Citizens
Refusal to pass on Louisiana law COM
pelling contractors on public works to
employ only citizens of the state who
are qualified voters.
Denial to Howe p. Cochran of review
Of his SANDER suit against Senator James
p. Couzens (Rep.. Mich.l. based on at
tack made by Couzens on the senate floor,
April u, 1928. District of Columbia courts
dismissed the suit because of constitu-
tional immunity to members of congress.
Granting of hearing to dissenting mem
bers Of the Modern Woodmen of Amerio1
who objected TO revision of the orders
insurance rates. on claim the Illinois
statute under which the change was made
is unconstitutional
Amusement Case Decided
Refusal to rule on question of whether
mechanical reproduction of copyrighted
music by music rolls or monograph rec
ords may be played in places of public
amusement. Ruling is considered of wide
spread Importance in amusement world
and arose from appeal taken from
Texas federal court decision which
awarded Gene Buck and Irving Berlin
$3.50 damages against a theater proprietor
who played two rolls Of copyrighted music.
Refusal to decide whether sale of one
drink in a restaurant is sufficient grounds
for conviction on charges Of maintaining
a nuisance.
Brewery Given Review
Grant Of review of New York circuit
court decision refusing the " Loewers
GambriniuS Brewing Company allowances
for adolescence OF its properties IN 1918
and 1919. The company sought tax al
lowance for losses incurred by dry law
passage.
Grant Of review to Aaron Prussian,
former Washington attorney and tax ap-
peals pleader. OF his conviction and FIVE
year forgery term on charge of forging a
1904 government refund tax check pay
able to an estate.
Decision to hear argument on appeal
Of the Louisville & Nashville railroad
from interstate commerce commission rul-
ing forhidding free transportation Of
private or business cars of other car
riers. even though occupied by one en-
titled to free transportation.