Prohibition in U.S.A.
Survey of Activities.
INCREASED NUMBER OF ARRESTS. LESS LIQUOR CAPTURED. ißy Cable—Preib Ason.—Copyright.) (Received 13, 9.30 a.m.) Washington, July 12. A survey of prohibition activities during the year ended July 1 has revealed a paradox m that more persons, boats and automobiles were seized but actually less liquor was captured than in the preceding year. The arrests numbered 80,000, which is a '•ecord, being 20,000 above the previous year. Two million five hundred thousand gallons of liquor were seized, only a small percentage of which was of genuine importation.
Sentences on convicted persons averaged 140 dags in gaol, and 152 dollars was the average fine. Several large liquor rings were broken up but others were formed to replace them. Illicit stills are reported to be increasing, also home brewing and wine making, but smuggling, except Canadian, has been sharply curtailed..—(A. and N.Z.)
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, Issue 178, 13 July 1927, Page 5
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