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6-B CORPUS CHRISTI TIMES, Tues,, Jan. 30, 196SGambling Tax RulingTo Hamper Officials'iw‘nuirins amblers to register.;mem. There were fifia such in-j 'i' , du i. ions Kvjjyy a m wimbling stamp and die*, me ms. and #8 persons:«! 'Sing app.u-aiinn of federal pav a IP percent excise tax on .pleaded guilty or no contest. !By SlLPHLN M. AUG court also ruled out prosecution brought last year, 94) were at-j ’.VASHINGTON. i.W — Federal-*01' po^'-ssion of such weapons.drihitnble directly to the gam-j enforcement officials sav‘ ^'TTKHSEN said the laws re- bling lax or registration require-;g-r cling and weapons laws wagers led to identification of The government issued 5,917,'i ham per crime-fighting and fiamblers and thnlt; helm'd local .gamb!' ng stamps and collected! y,,!.,v!h!y endanger currcii* prose- hiw enforcement, Police depart- 8'2.(IflO for them. It also collect-i rcmus ° * ments could easilv find out who cd more than S5.fi million in;•ivv-i; nn vnu «-Hpn hit ends to gamble in areas gambling excise taxes.. • ; whpre i[ * 1 An offid;U nf Tr*™*' De*’ Heirv F Pmrir ' '‘(^eraiiy. many g o v o r n- partmcnt‘s Alcohol and Tobacco,f.V' ,y thn ' ,^.„;,:mcnt.orcani?od crime cases Tax Unit, which administers!niyeri UoVnoep-'na'have ^on predicated on the fail- firearms registration, said the: m s'or r ;‘o V when ure Jn wy the tax. added Pe- Purpose of the weapons law ?sj ,/V'abmr velt;Vrdav:- M*h lersen- ln manv instances ihe:“lo maintain some control on.;-..-jiv1-inn ^ :existence of the wagering tax;gangster-type weapons.” ;r;.r- hw** ’cnVctcd tr um ls4w ““ ancJ failure of some gam-1 The law, enacted in 1934' • ’he backrron of b,ers 10 )3V the lax “ bas en-’against the backdrop of gang: ..A ‘ -Q.V, 1 ; ahiert the government to break Airfare of the 1920s and early..• • •' tor!registration of Ween- ll| sainhims operations. 1930k. called for registration of'nai gangsters ‘eommmiiv Am0n? ke' government prose-weapons that gangsters com-: also imposed annual oe- ‘-■tiiwnstfiai could be dropped as moniy use. vial taxes on those who H JTsll!* of the ruling is one ..jy wit,!. A1KAV them areaclure. minor! or sell cor- osamst Ruggiero Roiardo Sr.. a on»ng in be fewer cases sitscep--•earms and puts a lax on ^oil-known New Jersey figure, tibio to successful prosecution.:nsfe.r of some other guns. uho nas been charged with fail-iy)t, oiTic*ia! said. Before the minors pushing for a gun- ,re purchase the stamp, rog- jn[, ;• u.is relatively simple *• ; ' bill said meanwhile tn«*v i5slc;’_a'!, a sanibler and pav the 'convict an individual simply of .court's decision raised ’?xtrL';e l‘lx- , po lt;s es sing nn unregistered 'rrier in ii-; passage. Attorney David M. SaU.^wed-off shotgun. .Vow. a con-1the two decisions, the 1 • l!' ^ewa,k. N.J.. said ihe.v;t,,jnn ...jp v,c (-biainer! oniy if itcouth decision could have an can jie proven that taxes have j Puled 7 to 1 that the laws efflt;V; .?n Knci 11 ver-' w .no! been paid either before the ,■ rg gamblers to register and.m!5 . ’weapon was made or when it;.TA ................... . y f. u ran tee against self-incrimi-^''1'111 !n r°Sar^ ^ gambling. ufrc n5;j;i nerf when local police : u.wi. ' : BOIARDO WAS indicted last arrested habitual criminals on 1-i'^d identical reasoning In spring. Tie is expected to come niinor charges. The: additional7-1 vote harritig prosecution up for trial this spring.* Federal charge, which carries a *■y. -rsons who refuse to regis-: An internal Revenue Service-maximum penalty of five years ( : -uch weapons as sawed-off official said that of 2.015 tax in jas! and a ?2,0f;0 fine, also 1Vi‘vg;:ns and machine-guns. The fraud cases the government '^a often pressed. i
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Corpus Christi Times
Corpus Christi, Texas, US
Tue, Jan 30, 1968
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