STATE AND U. S. CAN PROSECUTE
Justice Vandevanter said the States and the Federal Government could proceed independently against a single liquor violation, the offense constituting separate offenses against each sovereignty.
By United Press WASHINGTON, Nov. 1. - Liquor law offenders can be prosecuted under both State and Federal laws for the same act, the United States Supreme Court ruled today in a Louisiana case.
Convictions and prison sentences imposed by the State upon Doras Hebert, Alice Benoit, John Miller and Clobule Abadie, Lake Charles, La., were affirmed. They contended the State prosecution was illegal because the Federal authorities initiated a prior prosecution. The Louisiana Supreme Court approved the convictions by a divided vote.
The State argued that as an independent sovereignty it had power to punish violation of its laws irrespective of Federal action.
Justice Vandevanter, in announcing the court's decision, said that the States and the Federal Government had power to proceed independently against a single liquor violation; that the offense constituted separate offenses against each sovereignty.
Reproduced unchanged from The Indianapolis Times, November 1, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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STATE AND U. S. CAN PROSECUTE
Justice Vandevanter said the States and the Federal Government could proceed independently against a single liquor violation, the offense constituting separate offenses against each sovereignty.
By United Press WASHINGTON, Nov. 1. - Liquor law offenders can be prosecuted under both State and Federal laws for the same act, the United States Supreme Court ruled today in a Louisiana case.
Convictions and prison sentences imposed by the State upon Doras Hebert, Alice Benoit, John Miller and Clobule Abadie, Lake Charles, La., were affirmed. They contended the State prosecution was illegal because the Federal authorities initiated a prior prosecution. The Louisiana Supreme Court approved the convictions by a divided vote.
The State argued that as an independent sovereignty it had power to punish violation of its laws irrespective of Federal action.
Justice Vandevanter, in announcing the court's decision, said that the States and the Federal Government had power to proceed independently against a single liquor violation; that the offense constituted separate offenses against each sovereignty.
Reproduced unchanged from The Indianapolis Times, November 1, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from The Indianapolis Times, November 1, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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STATE AND U. S. CAN PROSECUTE
Justice Vandevanter said the States and the Federal Government could proceed independently against a single liquor violation, the offense constituting separate offenses against each sovereignty.
By United Press WASHINGTON, Nov. 1. - Liquor law offenders can be prosecuted under both State and Federal laws for the same act, the United States Supreme Court ruled today in a Louisiana case.
Convictions and prison sentences imposed by the State upon Doras Hebert, Alice Benoit, John Miller and Clobule Abadie, Lake Charles, La., were affirmed. They contended the State prosecution was illegal because the Federal authorities initiated a prior prosecution. The Louisiana Supreme Court approved the convictions by a divided vote.
The State argued that as an independent sovereignty it had power to punish violation of its laws irrespective of Federal action.
Justice Vandevanter, in announcing the court's decision, said that the States and the Federal Government had power to proceed independently against a single liquor violation; that the offense constituted separate offenses against each sovereignty.
Reproduced unchanged from The Indianapolis Times, November 1, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from The Indianapolis Times, November 1, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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STATE AND U. S. CAN PROSECUTE
Justice Vandevanter said the States and the Federal Government could proceed independently against a single liquor violation, the offense constituting separate offenses against each sovereignty.
By United Press WASHINGTON, Nov. 1. - Liquor law offenders can be prosecuted under both State and Federal laws for the same act, the United States Supreme Court ruled today in a Louisiana case.
Convictions and prison sentences imposed by the State upon Doras Hebert, Alice Benoit, John Miller and Clobule Abadie, Lake Charles, La., were affirmed. They contended the State prosecution was illegal because the Federal authorities initiated a prior prosecution. The Louisiana Supreme Court approved the convictions by a divided vote.
The State argued that as an independent sovereignty it had power to punish violation of its laws irrespective of Federal action.
Justice Vandevanter, in announcing the court's decision, said that the States and the Federal Government had power to proceed independently against a single liquor violation; that the offense constituted separate offenses against each sovereignty.
Reproduced unchanged from The Indianapolis Times, November 1, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from The Indianapolis Times, November 1, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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STATE AND U. S. CAN PROSECUTE
Justice Vandevanter said the States and the Federal Government could proceed independently against a single liquor violation, the offense constituting separate offenses against each sovereignty.
By United Press WASHINGTON, Nov. 1. - Liquor law offenders can be prosecuted under both State and Federal laws for the same act, the United States Supreme Court ruled today in a Louisiana case.
Convictions and prison sentences imposed by the State upon Doras Hebert, Alice Benoit, John Miller and Clobule Abadie, Lake Charles, La., were affirmed. They contended the State prosecution was illegal because the Federal authorities initiated a prior prosecution. The Louisiana Supreme Court approved the convictions by a divided vote.
The State argued that as an independent sovereignty it had power to punish violation of its laws irrespective of Federal action.
Justice Vandevanter, in announcing the court's decision, said that the States and the Federal Government had power to proceed independently against a single liquor violation; that the offense constituted separate offenses against each sovereignty.
Reproduced unchanged from The Indianapolis Times, November 1, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from The Indianapolis Times, November 1, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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October 31, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:Evening Star, Douglas Daily Dispatch, The Daily Worker, Chicago Daily Tribune, and St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
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