FLOUTING VOLSTEAD LAW.
' ATTEMPT TO BRIBE OFFICIALS. i BOOTLEGGERS FALL INTO TRAP j NEW YORK. March 2.!. Probably (he greatest attempt to flood i the country with vvhinky obtained illegitimately KM frustrated by the authorities, today, when two owners of a lsirp'bonded tt'arrhoum- attempted t<. bribe high prohibition ollieial-. in order t<, obtain permits to withdraw j 10.000,' ion dollars worth of liquor for beverage purposes. This liquor date- frnm pre prohibition days, and war, l.ciii" released for medicinal purposes ,n wry -nuill qunntities to I chemist shop, on l-onalide permit,. This meant comparatively small profits f.ir the owners. who boldly approached officials. nlTeriim ll;em 20,000 dollars', and promising further sums. The ofVu-iiil- aeceptPd the money and informed their superior, l-'nrged permits were granted, but when a,. aMempt whs made to cart the liquor awny from the W(irehouse the arrests were made. i.\. and N.Z. Cnble.)
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Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 72, 24 March 1923, Page 7
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146FLOUTING VOLSTEAD LAW. Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 72, 24 March 1923, Page 7
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