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Show GDURT RULES OH JUG OFNHISKEY OLYMPtA. Wash., Jan. 15. Tho stato supremo court decided today that a demijohn of whiskey Is an original package even though the whlskoy to fill tho demijohn Ib drawn from a barrel. The court's decision Is expected to facllltato the shipment of alcoholic liquors to Evorett. Bel-llngham Bel-llngham und other prohibition communities. com-munities. The decision rovorscd the conviction convic-tion of August Malro, a liquor agent at Snohmlsh, If n violation of tho law In having sblppod a demijohn of whiskey to a patron In Everett. The superior court hold that the barrel, not the demijohn, was the original packago. but the supreme court took tho opposite vlow "The higher court declares that tho cause of tomporanco and moderation would suffer should the courts hold that a man who wanted a quart of whiskey would havo to buy a barrol. oo |