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DATE: THURSDAY, January 6, 1994                   TAG: 9401060147
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-4   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: CHATHAM                                LENGTH: Short

FRANKLIN MOONSHINER GETS 5-YEAR SENTENCE

A career moonshiner from Franklin County was sentenced Wednesday to five years - the longest jail term in a moonshining case from a Virginia state court.

A Pittyslvania County jury found Jimmy Lee Furrow, 47, guilty of manufacturing untaxed whiskey under a new state law that includes enhanced penalties for repeat offenders.

The law, which went into effect Oct. 1, carries a maximum of five years in prison.

Furrow's most recent conviction came in May 1992 in Franklin County. In 1991, Furrow gained notoriety when a jury acquitted him even though he was caught red-handed in a barn that contained an illegal still. 


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