GOVERNOR OF ALABAMA WILL STAND HIS TRIAL
“DRY” AGENTS INTRUDE ON HIS PARTY~AND FIND WHISK! By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright. Australian .and New Zealand Cable Association. (Received November 24, 7.30.p.m.) MOBILE (Alabama), November 23.. The Governor of the State, Mr W. W. Brandon, has been arrested for violation of the prohibition laws by Federal agents, who broke into a fishing hut where the Governor and his friends were holding a card party after a day’s fishing. Thirteen quarts of whisky were confiscated. The Governor and his party each gave a bond of 300 dollars. They will be tried for being in illegal possession of intoxicating liquor. The Governor has been regarded until now as an ardent prohibitionist, and his friends declare that the affair is a political trick worked by his enemies.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12613, 25 November 1926, Page 7
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130GOVERNOR OF ALABAMA WILL STAND HIS TRIAL New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12613, 25 November 1926, Page 7
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