Private Law 72–338

That the Secretary

A. L. Marshall.

Refund to, for forfeited appearance bond.

of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $500 to A. L. Marshall, of Ruleville, Mississippi, which said sum was paid by him on May 12, 1930, to the United States marshal, and which sum was covered into the United States Treasury on June 26, 1930, by reason of the forfeiture of the appearance bond of Ben Davis, alias Jack Avent, charged with the violation of the national prohibition Act, on which appearance bond the said A. L. Marshall was a surety, and the said A. L. Marshall having subsequently, on the 9th day of February, 1931, brought the said Ben Davis, alias Jack Avent, into open court, whereupon, he, the said Ben Davis, alias Jack Avent, entered a plea of guilty and was sentenced to serve a term of six months in the jail of Coahoma County, Mississippi, by the Delta Division of the Northern District of the United States District Court of the State of Mississippi.