Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-09
MUST SHOW Drink
EE0R OWN Use
Judge Hardisost So Rifles Re-
garding Bringing Liquors
Into Washington.
NO RULE on QUANTITY

Judge Hardison, in rulings in Police
Court today. placed the burden OF
proof on persons arrested in the po-
lice roundup Of Thursday and Fri
day nights, to show in court that they
were bringing alcoholic liquors into
Washington for their personal use.
The rulings were made in the case
of Frank P. Leach, one of the men
taken in the roundup.
Attorney James O'Shea, represent
ing Leach, had filed a demurrer on
the ground that the information
against Leach failed to bring out that
the Presidents proclamation allows
man to bring liquor within five miles
of an Army camp for the use of him
self and family.
OverruIes Demurrer.
Judge Hardison overruled the de-
murrer. taking the position that 1T rs
for the defendant to show in court
that he had the liquor within the five
mile zone for his own use.
Mr. OShea then asked that the gov
eminent be required to submit bill
of particulars. showing how much
liquor the defendant was carving.
The judge overruled this motion. on
the ground that the amount also was
a point for the accused to bring out
in his defense.
At this point Mr.. O'Shea asked As
sistant District Attorney Given If 1t
was not true that the authorities have
made an arbitrary rule not to prose-
cute persons bringing less than six
quarts of liquor. Mr.. Given denied
that there was any such rule or that
he would refuse to prosecute persons
found with less than six quarts of
LIQUOR in the flve-mile zone.
Testimony in the Leach case will be
taken this afternoon. Although there
was one conviction Saturday growing
out of the Thursday night raid. the
man was only passing through Wash
ington and his case was not regarded
as test of how the court will look
upon the question of personal use in
Washington.
Directed Not to Relax Vigilance.
None of the whisky-laden trucks re-
ported coming over the road from Bal
timore early yesterday morning were
sighted by the police. Maj. Pullman
directed captains of the outlying pre-
cincts not to relax their vigilance on
the roads leading from Baltimore to this
y.
intoxicants will be arrested.
Detective Edward Kelly yesterday
added four quarts to the already large
quantity Of abandoned whisky. He was
on duty at Union station when Il suit
case left near the door of the retiring
room by coiored man attracted his
attention. He found it contained four
quarts of an expensive brand of liquor.
After waiting for an hour or more
and no claimant appearing, Kelly took
possession of the case and contents and
turned it in as abandoned property.
Additional Arrests Made.
Five arrests for alleged violations
of the liquor law were made yester-
day Thomas Henry Anderson, color
ed, 765 Chestnut street. Wtnston-Sa-
lem, N. c., was arrested by Detective
StringfelIow for an alleged violation
of the Reed amendment. 1t was
charged that he was going to trans
tory.
In South Washington the police ar
rested three coIored persons for al
legged violations of the law. One of
them was Maud Hill, a ffteen-year-
old girl, who, it is charged. was en-
gagged in selling bottled beer. Boot
logging and violating the prohibited
zone regulation were charged against
her. Edith Lawson was accused of
bookkeeping. Charges of both boot
Logging and violating the zone regu-
Iation were placed against Julia
Sykes.
Edward Arson Taylor, colored, was
arrested In the Georgetown section
charged with violations of the Shop
pard law and the military zone re-
stricted district regulation.