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Show Dyer Anti-theft Law Brings About Numerous Arrests Ma That the Dyer antl-thett automo- 1 Hfl bile law- is working effectively Is evi- Kg denced by the fact that 2120 stol n Hi automobiles have been recovered and H that 2773 arrests have been made i H out of which 1113 persons were con-t IH victed, with nn average sentence of) m about two years per person. Hi The main point in the law is that the transportation of stolen motor In vehicles from one state to another is lai an act coming under federal jurisdic- M tlon and hence punishable In federal ml courts. The law has been in effect II since October. 1920. The good work has been done by the bureau of Inves- ' ligations, United States department i f Justice. oo |