PROHIBITION LAW
ALLEGED ATTEMPT AT SMUGGLING.
(United Press Assn.—By Telegraph—Copyright.) (Rec. 6.45 p.m.) New York, May 24. Mr Edward Tatham, a member of the London wine firm of Justerine and Drooks, Ltd., was released on 100,000 dollars bail by the Federal Judge, Mr Caffey, to-day and pleaded not guilty to conspiring to violate the Prohibition law. Tatham, who was arrested when about to depart for Toronto, has engaged counsel of the firm of Coudert Brothers, attorneys here for the British Government. A secret in-j dictment was handed down last Wednesday against Tatham and his firm. The Assistant United States Attorney, Mr R. C. Watts, informed the Press that his office had been investigating a proposal circulated among prominent New York business men for smuggling liquor from England into the United States.
Despatches from London state that a representative of the firm expressed surprise at the indictment and disclaimed any knowledge of the export of liquor to the United States. He stated that Tatham had made the trip on business.
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Southland Times, Issue 21092, 26 May 1930, Page 7
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169PROHIBITION LAW Southland Times, Issue 21092, 26 May 1930, Page 7
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