Complex sentence: While throwing a party during the 20's was not a crime drinking was, and in November 1921, the local police raided a party Mitchell had hosted in his mayoral office and later charged him with public drunkenness.
Split into simpler sentences: While throwing a party during the 20's was not a crime, drinking was. In November 1921, the local police raided a party Mitchell had hosted in his mayoral office and later charged him with public drunkenness.