Evening Star Newspaper, December 3, 1929, Page 38

88 DRY PROSECUTIONS SET T0-YEAR MARK 168 Persons in Police Court Last Month Convicted or Held Over. enjoyed what is said to have been the most successful month in 10 years in November at Police Court, where prac- | | tically all of 168 persons tried were con- victed or held for the action of the grand jury and Police Court jury trials. David A. Hart and James R. Kirk-|p land. assistant United States attorneys in charge of prosecution of persons ar- rested under the prohibition law, re- port that 18 persons were convicted by Juries. Some of these people were found guilty on as many as five counts each. | Only nine regular jury days were given over to trials of this nature. This| shows almost 100 per cent improvement over any previous month. Two Jury Cases Lost. Hart and Kirkland report that only | month, and in two other instances the jury failed to agree .n verdicts and the | persons will be tried again later. Only | such a small percentage of cases were | Jost, despite the fact that some of them were several years old. The prosecutors ———— of prunes, what time the world is deep in snow. Prohibition enforcement machinery forget that there’s a Winter every year, when tempests are the safest bet, and days are cold and nights are drear. ‘The Sprinj people think of sleet, which will be evi- dent ere long. vite repose within the elm tree's grate- lakes”; 1 aspire to break all records up to date; keep ‘thelr sunny smiles on straight. a! what shoes it if the snow is deep? They st in comfort, wearing bells, and have . o " a snug, warm place two jury cases were lost during the|f ROE TR BACC 0, SR, | The doors when Winter’s here; the prudent people keep in mind that there's a Winter every year. WINTER AT HAND ‘The time is coming when the blast will to our lives new trouble lend; the mercury, descen fast, more bitter weather will portend. The winds begin to wail and shriek where iate they used to sigh and croon; the day is dark, the skies are bleak, there'll be all | kinds of storms eftsoon. I hope that every one’s been wise, providing for the time of stress, that every larder’s stocked with ples, to stave off hunger and distress. I hope that all who read these runes were busy in the Summer glow, that they might have a store The prudent people don’t ime may be soft and sweet, inviting idleness and song: but prudent The Summer may in- ul shade; but prudent people think of nd_bills for coal which must The Autumn hints, “Forget ,» and motor by the woods and ;_but prudent people think of rost, which will be here in seven hakes. The Winter comes, the storms he prudent ones sit by the fire and boots it if the tempest yells, sleep. The WALT MASON. (Copyright. 1929.) — . Hawali is preparing for the greatest THE EVENING STAR, ‘WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, DECEMBER '3, 1929. i ear—At The “NATION A attribute this success to much improved co-operation on the part of the police, both in court and in arranging wit- nesses and “evidence” on the outside of court. Fifty-one defendants were held for action of the grand jury after about 30 of these had received preliminary hear- ings at Police Court. This is by far the largest number that has been held in any month since the Jones-Stalker law ‘went into effect, last March. The pre- vious record was 40 persons. This mark influx of tourists that it ever has had. Those Who Catch Cold Easily will find their powers of resistance much increased 4 Charming Bedroom Pieces in Walnut Veneer A suite you will be justly proud to possess. Consists of large Dresser and full Vanity, full-sized Bed and Chifforobe; constructed of WALNUT VENEER over solid gumwood. was established in October, which was twice the number held in any one of the other months. 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