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PROHIBITION ENFORCEMENT.

ACTIVITY OF THE COURTS,

(Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received Nov. 26, 11 a.m-

WASHINGTON. Nov. 25

The division of the Department oi Justice, in charge of prohibition litigation ,reported that -during the prohibition period lines totalling thirty million dollars and gaol sentences aggregating twelve thousand years were imposed upon Volstead Act violators. The report stated that the summary trend of prohibition enforcement disclosed first, that the Government was prosecuting large and more important •gases; secondly, a decrease within the last two yearn in the number of cases pending, indicating more prompt trials; thirdly, penalties for violation, especially gaol sentences, were steadily increasing; fourthly, a very substantial increase in the number of padlock injunctions reported. The United Stales Government up to June 50, 192-5, had convicted 154,72 persons for violating prohibition, acquitted 7414, and dismissed 30.213. leaving 24,634 cases pending. The Federal Courts were bamming more strenuous regarding violations. The average gaol sentence had increased by 25 Tier cent, in 1925, compared with 1924, when the average sentence was 21 davs. The average fine in 1925 was 20' dollars. During 1925 there were 1317 more convictions than in 1924.

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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume Li, Issue 16894, 26 November 1925, Page 7

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PROHIBITION ENFORCEMENT. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume Li, Issue 16894, 26 November 1925, Page 7

PROHIBITION ENFORCEMENT. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume Li, Issue 16894, 26 November 1925, Page 7

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