Show DECISION ON WEBB law l AW state operate to punish interstate ter state traffickers in intoxicants washington the webb law forbidding interstate shipments of liquor into dry states Is not a criminal statute and violations of it cannot be prosecuted in united states courts attorney general 11 cReynolds so declared in instructions sent to every united states attorney in the country the law merely prohibits such interstate traffic and contains no penalty for infractions its purpose said suld the attorney general Is to permit state laws to operate in respect ot of intoxicating liquors moving in interstate commerce |