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Show uu BOOTLEGGING. A witness in court cannot be forced to tell a grand Jury whether he bought illicit booze or not. So rules tho supreme court of Missouri In tho caso of M T. January. A judgo had held him in contempt of court for re-FUllBg re-FUllBg to answer such a question. It rstabllshes a precedent, though the courts of other states might ren-der ren-der a reverse decision. Solomon prob ably would have ruled that a bootlegger bootleg-ger li no more guilty than his cus-; tom r, sine the customers are the real cause of the crime, melting to It, accessories by all laws of common sense. Bootleggers are the paid agents of their customers. |