BLOW TO LIQUOR LAW
BUYER FROM BOOTLEG IS NOT LIABLE U.S.A. COURT DECISION \ United P.A.—By Telegraph—Copyright (Received 12.20 p.m.) WASHINGTON, Monday, j The United States Supreme Court | has ruled that the buying of beverage i from bootleggers is lawful. | The Government sought to punish a | purchaser in a test case under the j Volstead Act. ! Justice Sutherland, in reading the I Court's opinion, held emphatically that ; the Volstead Act imposes no criminal liability on the purchaser of illegal liquor, and pointed out the significance that Congress has not acted to penally liquor buyers specifically.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 982, 27 May 1930, Page 9
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198BLOW TO LIQUOR LAW Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 982, 27 May 1930, Page 9
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