Guide to the Bootlegging Court records MSS.0188
Bootlegging Court records
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
May 2009
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
- Creation:
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2012-12-06T20:23-0600
- Language Usage:
English
- Description Rules:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Bootlegging Court records
- Unit ID:
MSS.0188
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.1 Linear feet (1 item)
- Dates:
1871-1881
- Abstract:
The collection consists of one ledger containing court records of cases relating to bootlegging and illegal distillery operations. Although one of the crimes took place in north Alabama, there is no indication of where other crimes took place or where these cases were prosecuted.
Scope and Contents note
The collection consists of one ledger containing court records of cases relating to bootlegging and illegal distillery operations. Although one of the crimes took place in north Alabama, there is no indication of where other crimes took place or where these cases were prosecuted.
- Processing Information:
Processed By
Paul Musselman and Donnelly Lancaster Walton, 2006
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Purchased from Cather and Brown Books, 1991
- Access Restrictions:
Conditions Governing Access note
None
- Usage Restrictions:
Conditions Governing Use note
None
- Processing Information:
Processed by
Unknown; updated by Andrew Harris, 2012
Biographical/Historical note
Bootlegging is the business of transportating goods that are deemed to be illegal or illegal to transport. Transporting alcohol in the 1920s and 1930s during the Prohibition-era was considered to be bootlegging.
Source(s)
Alabama (localbroad)
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Alabama (lcsh)
Government, Law and Politics (localbroad)
Legal documents (aat)
Sports, Recreation and Leisure (localbroad)
Court Records Box 3362