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Wealthy German fined for cognac smuggling scheme
Herr Joseph Scheid a Coblenz contractor reputed to be worth 2 million dollars was fined 660000 and sentenced to six months hard labor by U S military authorities for attempting to smuggle 35000 bottles of cognac into the American zone. He loaded a Rhine boat at Mainz and brought it to Coblenz with a bill of lading listing rock and wine while cognac was hidden under crushed stone.
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