INEBRIETY PENALTY
HALF A PINT OF CASTOR OIL
WASHINGTON, November 30. A message from Spokane (Washington) says that, commenting on an increase in arrests for drunkenness, a. local Judge announced that castor oil1 would be administered under the supervision of a police surgeon for second offenders. Counsel for the corporation states that the law demands the choice of oil or gaol. A medical man ruled that half a pint was a proper dose. Such of (lie cable news on tills pago as Is so headed has appeared lv "The Times" »nd Is cabled to Australia and New Zealand by spoclnl permission. It should he understood that the opinions aro not those ot "Tho Times" unless expressly stated to be so.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 132, 1 December 1936, Page 9
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120INEBRIETY PENALTY Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 132, 1 December 1936, Page 9
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