Evening star., 1933-12-19
RULING DUE SOON
ON LIQUOR CASES
Supreme Court Will Decide
Continued Prosecution of
Those Pending.

The Supreme Court of the United
States yesterday promised swift action
in settling the issue as to whether the
Government must drop, or may con-
tinue to prosecute, pending cases
against those who violated the Federal
prohibition laws before the repeal of
the eighteenth amendment. A test
case on this issue from North Carolina
was set down for hearing January Is.
In the test case Federal Judge John
son Hayes ruled that he was without
authority to hold two prisoners charged
with conspiracy to violate the prohibi-
tlon laws, following the repeal of the
eighteenth amendment. There Is a
recent California case which went even
further, In that case, in the ninth
Federal circuit, it was held that a
sentence imposed upon liquor act
Vlolator must be set aside because of
repeal.
State to Fight Case.
The court is expected to announce
on January 8 whether it will entertain
a suit sought to be brought by the
Principality Of Monaco, home of the
famous Monte Carlo gambling conces-
slonS, against the State of Mississippi
on defaulted State bonds issued IN 1881
and 1888 to finance State banks. The
Constitution of Mississippi, adopted in
1890, specifically forbids any further
payments on these bonds. Attorney
General Greek L. Rice of Mississippi
announced in Jackson, Miss. that he
would fight the case to the limit.
The court also set for hearing on
January Is appeals from two retired
Frderal judges against the section of
the economy act slashing their retired
pay Is per cent.
A review was granted Frank Borich,
an alien living at Pittsburgh, Pa, of an
order holding him for deportation be-
cause of his membership in the
National Miners Union, supposedly an
organization adhering to radical prin-
ciples. 1t also agreed to pass upon the
validity Of rates fixed by the Ohio
Supreme Court for natural gas sup
piled by the Columbus Gas and Fuel Co.
The Florida law requiring those en-
gagged in the business of making small
loans first to secure a State license was
sustained. Similar laws are in effect in
Is States. The Russell Sage Foundation
filed brief in support of the law.
Review Is Refused
The court refused to reconsider its re-
cent decision in a case brought by
Frank E. Cooper as trustee in bank
ruptcy of the Central Pharmacy at
Wauchula, Fla, against R. F. Dasher
former president of the company. Dash
er had complained against a finding Of
the District Court to the effect that on
the night following the filing of the
bankruptcy petition he had withdrawn
the bulk of the merchandise by stealth
and lodged it in hiding places known
only to himself
The court refused to review case in
which the Second Circuit Court Of Ap-
peals denied a claim of the Maryland
Casualty Co. for S30.73O for additiona,
excavation work required on a job which
it took over when its principal failed or
the construction of a filtration plant
and clear water basin at Dunkirk. N. Y
Another case, dismissed for want OF
a substantial Federal question, was the
appeal of Ida NJ. Ross Of Tennessee
! challenging the authority OF that State
to tax income she received from a trust
estate in New York.