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“GOES TO JAIL,” Winnipeg Tribune. October 10, 1921. Page 1. ---- William low, a farmer, went to jail for one year when he was unable to pay a fine of $1,000, imposed when he was convicted at Morden, of violating the Temperance and Inland Revenue acts. Provincial police arrested Low when they found two stills in his possession.

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"CHINESE ADMITS POSSESSING STILL," Montreal Star. July 6, 1934. Page 3. --- Although Chin You, proprietor of a Chinese laundry shop at 4508 St. Andre street, admitted operating an illicit still in his establishment on June 27, he stoutly upheld the evidence of a second Chinese, Wong Kan, who swore he knew nothing of the still. Wong had lived with Chin for over a month, evidence showed.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Corporal Chamberlain and Constables Barryman and Gagnon recounted how they had found a still, in full operation, 40 gallons of mash and over two gallons of alcohol when they visited the laundry. The still was in the room where the pressing irons were heated.

Chin announced that he operated the still and was fined $200 and costs. Wong, however, knew nothing about the still, he said. Wong himself swore he did not know about the illicit alcohol manufacture on the premises and the case against him was dismissed by Judge Lacroix.

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"County Court Quashes Magistrate's Conviction," Winnipeg Tribune. May 1, 1934. Page 3. ---- Conviction of Joe Yaschyshyn, by Magistrate H. R. Weisford, on a charge of operating a still was quashed by His Honor Judge Stacpoole. who he'd in county court to-day that there was not sufficient evidence to sustain the conviction. Yaschyshyn was found guilty on January 6, and fined $200, with an alternative jail sentence of three months. The appeal was taken by M. D. Spivak, with L. A. Seipp presorting the crown.

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"Accusé trouvé quelques mois après son alambic," La Presse. May 17, 1934. Page 11. --- Le juge Gustave Marin a condamné, ce matin, à $200 d'amende et aux frais de la cause ou à trois mois d'incarcération un individu du nom de Napoléon Croteau, 48 ans, 1875 rue Ontario est, trouvé coupable d'avoir eu un alambic en sa possession, en octobre dernier. Quand l'alambic clandestin avait été trouvé par les officiers de la Sûreté fédérale. Croteau n'était pas présent, mais sa femme avait été arrêtée en même temps qu'un certain Adélard Laroche. Celui-ci fut par la suite condamné pour avoir aidé à opérer cet alambic, tandis que Mme Croteau fut acquittée. Ce n'est que récemment que les officiers rencontrèrent Croteau en compagnie de sa fille et l'arrêtèrent sous l'accusation d'avoir été le véritable propriétaire de l'alambic.

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"COURT FINE." Toronto Globe. June 20, 1933. Page 10. ---- St. Thomas, June 19 - (Special.) — A fine of $200 and $24.85 costs were imposed on Ben James, elderly East Elgin man, in County Police Court this afternoon, on a charge of having parts of a still illegally in his possession.

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“Saisie d’un alambic, rue Notre-Dame Est,” La Presse. November 10, 1932. Page 3. ---- Le pompiers de l’est de la ville ont découvert un alambic, ce matin, alors qu’ils combattaient un incendie dans un cottage situé au No 2826 est, rue Notre-Dame, près de la rue Bourbonnière. La photographie du haut représente certaines parties de l’alambic qui fut saici par le major Maurice Scott de la Commission des Liqueurs. On remarque à gauche le serpentin qui servait a distiller l’alcool. — La photographie du bas représente les cuves dans lesquelles se trouvaient 7000 gallons de liquide en fermentation. — (Clichés la ‘Presse’)

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“NO ARRESTS IN STILL SEIZURE,” Border Cities Star. September 24, 1921. Page 7. ---- Provincial Police Are Still Working On Case ---- It was stated, this morning at provincial police headquarters that no arrests had been made in connection with the seizing on Thursday by Customs officials of the small distillery and apparatus in the shed on Ottawa Street, Walkerville.

D. L. Messenger, general manager of the Messenger Wire Wheel company,. near whose factory the shed was located in which was found the distillery equipment, mash and grain alcohol, stated to The Star this morning that the shed in question did not belong to his company, but had been leased by the owners on or about August 1. at which time arrangements were made with the company to furnish water and Iight for what reasons he did not inquire. 

"Had I thought that any illegal business was be carried on by the men who made the arrangements with our company, I should certainly not have tolerated it," said Mr. Messenger. 'I have not seen the man who leased the property from the owners since then as he did not come about in the day time, and as I was not interested in any way I paid no attention whatever to the matter.  Apparently they did their work at night, and as we have had no watchman her after the plant is closed, there was no way of our knowing what was going on in the shed.”

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“Seven Months Jail For Operating Still,” Kingston Whig-Standard. January 22, 1932. Page 10. ---- The conviction of Magistrate J. W. Bradshaw, made during September, of Kay Cousins of Olden township, charged with the Illegal operation of a still, was sustained by Judge J. E. Madden, who heard tho appeal ease on Thursday. The appeal was made by the crown against the sentences by the magistrate, which was six months, suspended sentence. 

The evidence brought out in the case was given by the Provincial Officers, G. V. Clubbe and T. Clemens. They told of finding the still and on the information of Kay Cousins arresting T. Patterson as the operator of it. Patterson evidence implicated Cousins who denied that he had assisted in the still’s operation. After hearing the evidence in the appeal Judge Madden sustained the conviction. The sentence imposed was one month in jail and a fine of $200, the failure to pay which added further jail term of six months.