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Word: grogshop (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...gave his wife such a beating that she was "sick, sore, lame and disordered and did suffer a fractured nose." Mrs. Torrence is now back with her husband, but last week she was asking $20,000 for her Yule beating from the landlords and proprietors of both the grogshop and package store. Prosecuting the case was smart, 26-year-old Lawyer Jacob Stagman, who is becoming somewhat of a specialist in Dram-Shops actions. He has had three other such cases, won $35,000 for the mother of a man who was shot dead in a saloon brawl, another...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Drams & Damages | 6/28/1937 | See Source »

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