State Ex Rel. Giles, Attorney General v. Burke

WOLFE, Justice.

Quo warranto to oust T. E. Burke from the office of Justice of the Peace for the 4th Precinct of Magna, Salt Lake County, Utah, on the ground that said Burke was wrongfully holding possession of said office after the same was by law forfeited.

On January 2, 1939, having been elected Justice of the Peace, Burke qualified for office and entered on the duties thereof. On April 8, 1941, Burke was found guilty of violation of Section 103-25-1, R. S. U. 1933. That section made it a felony for a person to deal, carry on, open, or cause to be opened, certain games, naming them, or to…