PROHIBITION ENFORCEMENT.
SENSATIONAL A I,LEG A TIONS. 8V CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT NEW YORK, March 9. Further disclosures of the “under cover” men have ted to the dismissals of scores of indictments against violators of the prohibition law, on the ground that juries here are reluctant to convict offenders, against whom evidence is thus collected. Sensational charges made by Congressman Laguardia disclosed that an ostensible perfumery house, operated by the Government.' made legal withdrawals of large quantities of denatured alcohol and re-sold the poisoned beverage to bootleggers, who redisilled it and so’id it to the utlimatc consumer. The perfumery house made a profit of 100,000 dollars in isix weeks, and turned the money over to Governivent agents. Arrested bootleggers were concerned with these charges.. The beverages, despite re-distillation, probably caused many alcoholic deaths.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 11 March 1927, Page 5
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