# Indictment of James Dorsey, U.S. District Court for Massachusetts, Case #3226 (July 1921)

Canonical: https://mobfiles.org/items/nara-boston-dorsey-indictment-1921/

National Archives at Boston featured document: the July 1921 indictment of James Dorsey of Lynn, Massachusetts, for knowingly selling one-half pint of intoxicating liquor. The page says he pleaded guilty and uses the case to show the range of Prohibition prosecutions.

The National Archives at Boston prints the citation "US vs James Dorsey; US District Court for Massachusetts; Case #3226; RG 021 National Archives at Boston." The featured document is the indictment of James Dorsey of Lynn, Massachusetts, in July 1921 for knowingly selling one-half pint of intoxicating liquor. The page says Dorsey pleaded guilty, and uses the case to show that Prohibition prosecutions ran from sales of half a pint to large smuggling operations.

This is a web page, not a catalog record, so no NAID is stated. The page says the Eighteenth Amendment was ratified "January 16, 1919"; it was last reviewed August 15, 2016, per its footer. The defendant is a private individual named as the National Archives names him.

## Sources

- National Archives at Boston, featured document: https://www.archives.gov/boston/featured-documents/prohibition-enforcement.html