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Scathing indictment on liquor traffic floods court scene
A resident from Orystal Springs Mississippi relays a prisoner’s speech blaming the liquor trade and the beerSellers for murder and ruin. The condemned man says the state and courts, including jurors and lawyers, share guilt for legalized saloons and calls voters to end the traffic. He declares the liquor issue corrupts families, fuels crime, and binds communities to ruin through ballot support of licenses. The speech ends with a vow to face judgment before God and the bar of justice.
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Zion
Orystal Springs
Miss
Church of Jesus ‘Christ
Commonwealth
Bar of Justice