PROHIBITION: Semi-Soft Cider

Saturday night in Baltimore—and Representative John Philip Hill of the Third District was at home. A select party of friends attended. They smacked their lips. He served cider —semi-soft cider. It was made from apples picked up in his own orchard. A few days later, a Federal Grand Jury in Baltimore indicted him on six counts:

1) Manufacture of 25 gal. of wine at his home in September, 1923

2) Possessing the wine so manufactured

3) Manufacture of 30 gal. of cider at his home in September, 1924

4) Possessing the cider so manufactured

5) Maintaining...

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