Thursday, February 18, 2016

St. Pauls' Service Station Padlocked Because It Was Selling Bootleg Liquor, 1949

“Service Station Ordered Closed,” from the Feb. 22, 1949 issue of the Robesonian, Lumberton, N.C.

John (Cadillac) Mews’ Sharp Top service station north of St. Pauls was padlocked Friday, Sheriff Willis C. Britt revealed. The place, alleged to have been a dispensary of bootleg liquor, was closed upon an order signed by Judge Q.K. Nimocks Jr. of Fayetteville.

Mews is currently at liberty on bond pending appeal of a 12 months’ road sentence in Robeson Superior court following conviction of a charge of violating the liquor laws.

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