Typed information filed in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania charging transport of beer in violation of the National Prohibition Act.
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Information, E.D. Pennsylvania, No. 908 September Sessions 1924 (15 September 1924)

National Archives district-court information filed by the U.S. Attorney charging that on 7 July 1924, at Philadelphia, a defendant transported forty half barrels of beer above one-half of one percent alcohol, in violation of the National Prohibition Act.

Date
1924-09-15
Kind
case-file
Retrieved
2026-10-11
NAID
23932801
Docket
No. 908, September Sessions 1924 (E.D. Pa.), as printed on the document
Rights
The National Archives catalog lists this item's Use Restriction status as "Unrestricted." Federal records are public domain under 17 U.S.C. § 105.

The National Archives titles this “Information Regarding Eastern District of Pennsylvania Criminal Case # 908 September Session 1924” (Record Group 21, National Archives at Philadelphia). The information, filed by the U.S. Attorney (George W. Coles is named in the record), charges that on July 7, 1924, at Philadelphia, the defendant knowingly, willfully and unlawfully transported forty half barrels of beer containing more than one-half of one percent alcohol, in violation of Title 2, Section 3 of the National Prohibition Act of October 28, 1919. The defendant is named in the file as William Torrances, and the NARA scope note says he pleaded guilty.

The copy stored here is page 2 of the digital object, the information. The defendant is a private individual named only as the court file names him.