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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1920
Page
7
Judge Morton in the United States District Court imposed a nominal fine of 1 dollar on several defendants caught with small amounts of prohibited liquor. The judge called many cases trivial and said they should not have entered court, noting no commercial element involved.
Of 22 defendants before Judge Morton seven were fined the minimum one dollar. Walter S. Carter of St. Germain street admitted taking three quarts of whiskey and some alcohol to a friend's house as his wife allegedly ordered it out of the house. Assistant district attorney had recommended three dollar fines in some cases, but the court settled for the minimum. None of the cases went to the federal grand jury, which had rejected all indictments two weeks prior, leading AUSA Backus to file informations directly in U S Court.
Ipswich on April 1 saw Market square erupt with a staged scene featuring an absent minded druggist and a meticulous chief of police not born yesterday. The prank unfolded hour by hour and drew comparisons to a movie plot as residents watched a carefully timed April fools stunts.
Mrs Hoyt enters W N Frescott drug store in Market square and locks the door. A caller woman yells from a phone booth while Chief Leavitt, Patrolman Smith, and a crowd gather, planning a staged police laugh at the scene.
In a crowded square crowd near Prescott’s emporium watches as Chief Leavitt acts to break a door. Druggist Prescott returns from breakfast amid the uproar and jokes he has not been fooled yet. Serge dresses noted for high collars and close fronts.
Major-General Leonard Wood told a large Toledo audience that the nation must return to a saner business basis. He urged removing taxation restraints on business and spreading the war debt over a longer period.
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