Liquor Lawyers Line Their Pockets in Pasquotank County

On the heels of Prohibition, Pasquotank County’s Trial Judge, No. 110 Sawyer, sat in judgment six days a week, meting out justice to those who dared to flout the law by making and selling illicit hooch in the County Court. But in a shocking display of hypocrisy, Judge Sawyer rushed from his seat in the County Court to defend the high-society liquor lawyers in the United States Court, raking in the shekels of those who broke the law. The liquor lawyers had their own peculiar code of ethics, one that would be considered despicable in a layman. In a rare glimpse into the inner workings of the justice system, it became clear that those with the means to afford the best lawyers could often walk free, while the common man was left to face the harsh realities of the law.