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MARK BOASBERGS CONVICTION ILLEGAL. Louisiana Supreme Court Renders Decision Dismissing Case Against Bookmaker. Now Orleans, La., June 30. Mark Boasberg, the Memphis bookmaker, who was convicted at Gretna, La., of violating the Locke law at Suburban Park, under tho arbitrary prosecution of Governor Sanders, was freed by the Supreme Court of the state today in a decision handed down by Justice Provosty. The court ruled that the information and conviction of Boasberg should be set aside: that District Attorney pro tern. St. Clair Adams had no legal standing in the court; that his appointment was a nullity and that the information filed by him against Boasberg was a nullity. In brief, the Supreme Court riddled tho whole prosecution of Boasberg and quashed the case completely. Boasberg was prosecuted at the instigation of Governor Sanders, who came to New Orleans and forced action against the judgment of District Attorney Marrero. of Jefferson Parish, in which the track was located. Governor Sanders forced his relative. St. Clair Adams, into the iosition of district attorney pro tern, to prosecute Boasberg, against the strenuous opposition of the attorneys for Boasberg, who held that Marrero could not be recused without just cause. It was then believed that tho Supreme Court would knock Out the whole conviction. Boasberg was found guilty by Judge Edrington and sentenced to pay a tine of 50 and serve six months in the parish prison. Boasberg was bonded when his case was appealed and lie quickly left the state. At Memphis he gave out an Interview defying tho Louisiana authorities and declaring he would never return to the state whether the Supreme Court liberated him or not. lie went to California and. after operating there for some time, returned to his home in Memphis. Of late he has figured as manager of the Dufferin Park outlaw meeting at Toronto, Ont. While todays decision in no way affects tho status of tlie Locke law and its binding effect, yet it is received with joy by racing pec lie who felt agrieved over the arbitrary action of the governor of the state in prosecuting the Suburban Park case.
