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Excise Probe Is Used as Shield in Libel Action

Captain Arthur Stanley filed his pleas in Patrick Carr's $10,000 libel suit, arguing that his statements about Carr's saloon were made under oath before the State Excise Commission and are in fact true.

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Suit Against Police Captain

Saloonkeeper Patrick Carr of Seventh Street and Kaighn Avenue sued Police Captain Stanley for $10,000, alleging that Stanley's testimony before the State Excise Commission naming Carr's saloon as one that should not be licensed damaged his business and character.

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