REACHING AFTER BIG BOOTLEGGER
VOLSTEAD ACT STIFFENED.
FIVE YEARS’ GAOL AND 10,000 DOLLARS FINE,
United Press Association —By Electrit Telegraph—Copyright. Received Wednesday, 7.5 p.^. WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. After a four days' unusually frank debate on prohibition, the Senate passed the Jones Bill increasing the maximum penalties under tho Volstead Act to five years’ imprisonment and a 10,000 dollars line. Tho Bill was amended to provide for the Federal, courts imposing sentences to distinguish between casual violaters and professional bootleggers. Tho Bill now goes to tho House of Representatives, whero the leaders say it will be passed speedily. Senator Jones, author of tho Bill, said it was designed to reach tho rich bootleggers, who wero now escaping with light fines and brief terms.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6842, 21 February 1929, Page 7
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