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Begin Arraignment: Federal Judge Hears Pleas of 220 Indicted
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Arraignment of 220 persons indicted by the federal grand jury at its recent session was started at 9 a.m. today before Federal Judge Robert C. Baltzell. A majority of the defendants are charged with liquor law violations. Approximately seventy-five Indianapolis persons were included. Among those to be arraigned was Herman A. Stewart, former cashier of the Citizens National Bank of Hope, Ind., charged with abstracting a large sum of money, resulting in the bank's failure.
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Wickersham Commission – Findings
The Commission focused its investigations almost entirely on the widespread violations of the national alcohol prohibition to study and recommend changes to the Eighteenth Amendment and to observe police practices in the states. They released a second report in 1931 that supported Prohibition but found contempt among average Americans and unworkable enforcement across the states, corruption in police ranks, local politics and problems in every community that attempted to enforce prohibition laws.
Wikipedia →Al Capone – Tax Evasion
In 1927, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in United States v. Sullivan that the approach was legally sound: illegally earned income was subject to income tax. The key to Capone's conviction on tax charges was not his spending, but proving his income, and the most valuable evidence in that regard originated in his offer to pay tax.
Wikipedia →Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Twenty-first Amendment (Amendment XXI) to the United States Constitution repealed the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which had mandated nationwide prohibition on alcohol. It is unique among the 27 amendments of the U.S. Constitution for being the only one to repeal a prior amendment, as well as being the only amendment to have been ratified by state ratifying conventions.
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