AMERICA’S DRY LAWS.
OFFENDERS SENT TO GAOL. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cabin Association. NEW YORK. April 29. At Indianapolis, the fifty-two persons who were convicted of violating the Prohibition Amendment wore sentenced to imprisonment, their sentences varv ing from one day to eighteen months Fines as high as two thousand dollars were also imposed. A previous message stated:—A telegram from Indianapolis says that fiftyfive of the sixty-two residents of Gary who were charged have been found guilty of conspiracy to violate the Prohibition Amendment.. Among those convicted wore the city’s -Mayor. Judge uid Sheriff, numerous lawyers and po lice officials. They will be sentenced on April 20.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17028, 30 April 1923, Page 4
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