A Jury In An Illegal Liquor Case Deliberated By “Testing” The Evidence

15/01/2025 3 min Temporada 7 Episodio 1383

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This month in 1920, the start of a slightly strange criminal case in which the jury didn’t just weigh the evidence… they drank it. Plus: a contractor in Illinois gets a very late Christmas present during a renovation project at his parents' house.
Prohibition: The jury tasted the evidence and found defendant not guilty (Delmarva Now)
46-year-old Christmas surprise: Lombard man finds decades-old gift hidden inside wall of childhood home (WGN)
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