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barrel n In the magistrate's court today the master of the schooner Norma L. Conrad was fined $1,300 for two breaches of the Customs Act in connection with the transportation of 500 barrels of herring from Twillingate to St. Pierre, where 500 kegs of liquor were taken aboard. En route to St. Jo...
| Format: | Manuscript |
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| Language: | English |
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1978
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/7868 |
| Summary: | barrel n In the magistrate's court today the master of the schooner Norma L. Conrad was fined $1,300 for two breaches of the Customs Act in connection with the transportation of 500 barrels of herring from Twillingate to St. Pierre, where 500 kegs of liquor were taken aboard. En route to St. John's the barrels were opened and the herring used to camouflage the 500 kegs of whiskey, which were smuggled into New York after being transshipped from here on the S.S.Nerissa. PRINTED ITEM ("Who Put the Herring on the Booze?") GM Story 8/.78 JH 8/78 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Not used |
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