Charlotte Officer Caught With Whiskey Arrested, Fired, Jan. 3, 1925

Charlotte Officer Is Released Under Bond. . . Was Arrested While Driving Ford Which Was Loaded With Whiskey

By the Associated Press

Charlotte, Jan. 3—Floyd Dewese, Charlotte policeman, who was arrested last night by rural police while driving an automobile loaded with whiskey, waived the examining hearing today before Magistrate J.W. Cobb. He was released on $1,000 bond for appearance next Monday in Superior Court for trial.

Dewese, after being arrested last night, was expelled from the Charlotte police force by Chief W.E. Snoddy. Rural police said he had 50 gallons of whiskey in the car when arrested.

From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Jan. 3, 1925

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