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to atop the illict traffic of liquor iu fefe county. For some time they have suspected Doris Sturgeon of manufacturing liquor at his home on Brushy Fork: and of selling it in Englsh. It had been said that he would come to town, take the orders of his. customers, return home for the whiskey, bring it somewhere near town and hrde it in a designated spot where tlic purchasers later got it. When he tried this plan Saturday the ministers and officer followed in another car and secreted themselves in a likely place, a short distance south of the court house. Shortly Sturgeon- re-appeared in his car and began- the- work of “placing” thegoods he had sold that day. It was place him. under arrest, tlie offSfeer3 took charge but Sturgeon made escape before they could place hiim under arrest.The law provides that when whiskey is found in any sort of vehicle and the- owner is proven guilty of ownership- or manufacture, the vehicle may be confiscated, the same as the liquor, and can be disposed' of at auction, the proceeds being used to defray the costs in the case.AUTO AMO LIQUOR SEIZED.An attempt to capture a “boot-jlegger,” made last Saturday afternoon by Rev. C. E. Davis, Elder Lindley | M. Barlow and Constable C. J. Cooper, resulted' in the arrest of Ernest Satterfield and the seizure of a Ford touring car, jsaid to belong to Doris Sturgeon. In the car were eleven bottles of “home brew” and one [quart of “moonshine” while another | container had been broken. Sturgeon ran when the officers appeared j and Satterfield says that he was I ignorant of the contents of the car jand claims that he was riding to town with Sturgeon, who is neighbor of his father, Woodson Satterfield.: The young man, who ie at on’4i leave from the navy, was taken be-jfore Justice A. F. Colebaugh, who placed his bond at $200, which was l provided. He ’yas ordered to appear for trial Wednesday.I Rev. Davis and Elder Barlow, whof “are deputized as sheriffs and are also special prohibition enforcement officers, are making determined effort*
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English Crawford County Democrat
English, Indiana, US
Thu, Jul 06, 1922
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