BOOTLEG LIQUOR
PURCHASER NOT LIABLE
U.S..SUPREME COURT FINDING
' (Received 27th May, 1.30 p.in:) WASHINGTON, 26th May. The United States Supreme Court haa ruled that the buying of beverage from a bootlegger ia lawful.
The Government had sought to punish •a, purchaser in a test case under the Volstead Act. '
Mr. Justice Sutherland, reading the Court's opinion, held emphatically that the Volstead Act imposed no criminal liability on tho purchaser of illegal liquor, and pointed out the significance of the fact that Congress had not acted to penalise liquor buyers specifically.
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 123, 27 May 1930, Page 9
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90BOOTLEG LIQUOR Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 123, 27 May 1930, Page 9
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