Salt Lake City v. Sutter

The defendant was convicted of violating an ordinance of Salt Lake City, a municipality of this state. From that conviction he appeals. The ordinance in question, so far as material here, provides:

“It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly have in his possession any' intoxicating liquor,” without authority.

Have municipalities of this state authority to make the unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor an offense? The . appeal presents only that question.

It is convenient to refer to certain sections of the statute enumerating the powers of city commissioners and city eoun-*536oils of…