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LIMITING OP LIQUOR PRESCRIPTIONS ILLEGAL.
[By Electric Cable —Copyright.] [Aust. and N.Z. Cable Association.] (Received Thursday, 5.30 p.m.) NEW YORK, May 9.
In the Federal District' Court, Judge Knox ruled to be void that section of the Volstead Act limiting physicians' prescriptions to one pint of whisky per patient every fen days. The Court granted an application by il lot ' al d°ctor for an injunction restraining prohibition enforcement agents from interfering with . him and peeking to prevent his prescribing any amount of whisky, which, in his medical judgment', he considers necessary. SPOTTING THE "SPOTTERS." 8.7 INDICTMENTS IN OHIO. NEW YORK, May 9. A message from Wheeling, West Virginia,, sjt.ates. that (the Federal Grand Jury returned 87 indictments charging various officials and prominent residents of Ohio County with taking part in a conspiracy fo violate the Volstead Adt. Those indicted include a former city treasurer, the deputygaoler, and members of the council. Eighteen arrests have been made so far.
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Manawatu Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 2643, 11 May 1923, Page 5
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