PROHIBITION IN U.S.A.
Conflagration In America. JUSTICE BOUGHT AND SOLD. By Cable —Press Association-—Copyright. 'p.tralian and N.Z. Cable A«socl»tle-». (Received April 8, 5.5 p.m.) WASHINGTON, April 7. Tho Federal Attorney (Mr Buckner) in charge of prohibition enforcement in New'York, testified before tho Senate Inquiry. He said: “Officers traffic openly in justice in the New York Federal building. In the course of a year, at least 50,000 bartenders, peddlers, waiters and fixers pass through tho corridors. There is an air of collusion there. I have been told that jurymen have been bribed.” Senator Reed asked: “What do you mean by “fixers?” Mr Buckner said: “I mean those who traffic in justice; those who hang around the corridors of buildings to buy jurymen, and influence . the memory of witnesses with money.” Mr Buckner declared that if the right kind of machinery were set up, prohibition might be enforced, but with jury trials in such a congested community as Now Y T ork, it was impossible. The Polico Commissioner uas receiving 15,000 complaints of infringement monthly; 3000 prohibition cases wore awaiting hearing.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 9 April 1926, Page 9
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179PROHIBITION IN U.S.A. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 9 April 1926, Page 9
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