DRY LAW RECORD
OYER 21.000 GAOLED. United Press Association.—ByElectrir Telegraph.—Copyright.) WASHINGTON, Dee. 3. According to the annual report o-l the U.S.A. Department of Justice, during the fiscal year of 1029 more than twenty-one thousand persons were sent to gaol or to prison, lor violations of the Prohibition laws, they serving an average sentence of LIT days. During ‘the year oG.iPG criminal prosecutions were instituted, of which .70,1 Dj terminated in 47,100 comic.
tion's and in 1477 acquittals. The fines totalled 1,170.300 dollars. There were 4,88 b jury trials, and 43.183 pleas of guilty. The time of the sentences totalled BGG3 years. One of the most notable gains was in tbe “padlock” or injunction proceedings.
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Hokitika Guardian, 4 December 1929, Page 6
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