Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1957-09-18
Alleged Horny Sheriff Dept. Puyoff Mon
Arrested For Violations Of Liquor Laws

is free on $4,000 bond
after his arrest last Thursday
or wholesaling liquor on a re-
all license.
Boyd. the man to whom Bob
Spivey testified he paid SIS a
week for protection from the
'heriff's department, Joined with
Deputy Sheriff Roy Higgins to
successfully seek i Grand Jury
indictment :or perjury against
opivey at the June term of court
IN Conway.
Spivey testified in court that
Huggins directed him e. make
his weekly payoff to Boyd. Both
Boyd and Puggin: denied the
charge but Spivey said he made
the payoff from June until De-
ccmbcr of 1856. During that time
and prior to that he was in no
trouble with the Jaw. But there
after he has been constantly har-
raised with a variety of State
BOYD was arrested last
Thursday while ailegedly In
the process Of making anoth.
er wholesale deal with federal
agents. Agents repeatedly have
bought whiskey at Boyd's
store several times in recent
weeks in wholesale quantities.
The law specifically makes il
illegal to sell as much as five
gallons of whiskcy TO one GUS
toner. Bootlcggers of tax paid
whiskey generally buy half pint
sizes and the maximum number
of such bottles that can be sold
az once is 70. Boy1'S store has
allegedly sold considerably more
than 10 on many occasions.
Several federal agents who
have been Investigating the al
legged whiSkey conspiracy il
Horny county for nearly siH
months, swoopcd down or
.BCyd'S liquor store last Thurs
day about 2:30.
Boyd was carried before u.
s. Commissioner william b.
Tyson, Jr., IL Florence and
made the $4,000 bond. He
will face Indictment OF four
or more counts that specific
ally state that he "willfuIly
failed to pay the special tax
required by law as a whole
saler and failed 50 post the
wholesale sign as required by
law"
The wholeSaling with out 3
license charge carries penalty
up to $4,000 and two years in
prison. The failure to post a
wholesale sign carries $500
penalty. Boyd will lace several
counts on each charge.
The little red dot store has
long done thriving business
and it is the closest liquor store
to the North Carolina line on
highway 701 from Try Columbus
and Brunswick counties. Relia-
BILE reports indicate that Boyd's
store sells more liquor than any
other in South Carolina.
Boyd will probably be tried in
December although no definite
announcement has been made.
He may also request a prelim-
mary hearing if he So desires.
With last Thursdays arrest
also came seizure OF the liquor
in the Boyd store. Agents work.
ed all night Thursday and most
OF Friday taking inventory of
tire huge stock that totalled
S3O,4OO. Boyd reoepcncd the
store on Saturday but not be-
fore posting a $1,000 bond that
assures the government that the
seized whiskey value will be
protected.
Ii Boyd is focnd guilty of the
charges, the liquor that was con-
fIScated bee )mes the property of
tie government.
When the Federal Grand
Jury In Columbia s. c., in
dicted Sheriff john Henry
and eight deputies on two
charges Of violating the 18th
amendment TO the Constitu-
ton of the United States by
beating two citizens while Dos
ing as law enforcement offic-
ers, Boyd was among those
subpoeaned as a witness. He
was with the deputies when
the alleged crime occurred.
However, he never testified
before the Grand Jury.
Boyd has long been close
riends Of a number of law en-
orcement officers and Other
'Ublic officials.
ID. L. Boyd, co-owner of the
lquor store, is also charged with
ne same counts as Frank Boyd
nd is free on $4,000 bond. AL
Jerk I'm the store has the same
rotations charged against him
'ut the commissioner set his
ond at only $1,000.
Upon contracting Senator James
'tevens, LoTis Attorney, nc adj
ised that he represented the
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