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Franklin bootleggers sentenced in Venango county case
Franklin bootleggers received six to ten month terms at the Allegheny County workhouse after pleading guilty to selling liquor without a license. James McDonough paid a $500 fine and ten months, with LeRoy Stewart and Frank Beagle also fined and jailed. The judge criticized provocation and noted a shift to workhouse sentences as penalties, with authorities aiming to curb bootlegging.
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Franklin
Venango County
Alegheny
Nidge Celswell
Alengheny
Janes McDonough
LeRoy
Sin) Stawart
Lea
Hoot Leggers
Frank Teagie
Chis Poster
John Mabel
Joxaph Sire
Ale Mothe
Criowell
Beagle
Commonwealth
Allegheny County
Hoboken
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