ILLICIT SPIRITS
BRITISH OFFENDERS
United Press Association—By Electric Telejrapb—Copyrlfiht (Received December 18, 2,30 p.m.) LONDON, December 17. Owing to tho high prices of spirits (whisky 12s 6d a bottle) the production of illicit still spirit has been increasing in industrial centres, and the Customs and excise men have been rounding up culprits. This year they seized eleven plants in England and AVales, ten iv Scotland, and eighty-nine in Ulster. Illicit distilleries are difficult to discover. The'usual practice is to confine tho sale of the product within a restricted community. Investigations show that some small stills have been making a profit of £100 a month. Illicit homebrewed whisky is a vicious fiery drink, and is usually only a few days old when sold. It is often 65 per cent, over proof, compared with the fixed strength (30 under proof) of whiskyretailed legally throughout Britain.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 146, 18 December 1933, Page 10
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143ILLICIT SPIRITS Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 146, 18 December 1933, Page 10
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