U.S. LIQUOR LAWS
PROBLEM OP ENFORCEMENT fe' • tYABHINGTON, Dec, 2. According to the annual report of the Department of Ju&tieo during the > fiscal year, 1929, above 21,PP0 pev- , sons were sent to gaol or prison for ' : violations pf prohibition laws, serving l ' an average sentence of 147 days. During the year, 56,780 criminal .prosecutions were instituted, of which 56,450 terminated in 47,100 convictions and , ' 1477 acquittals. Pines totalled v. £295,260. There were 4885 j»?y trials, and 43,183 pleas of guilty. The. time of the sentences totalled . 8663 years. One of the most notable Y gains was in the "padlock” or in- > junction proceedings. .
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17125, 4 December 1929, Page 2
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