 He also did not view himself as a criminal, believing that that prohibition was "a law that people did not want".Perri typically shipped his illegal alcohol into the United States overland, but also owned a boat for crossing Lake Ontario.Perri had a limited business relationship with bootlegger Ben Kerr who also owned a home on Bay St. Kerr was described by the some as "King of the Lake Ontario rum-runners" (smugglers who typically used boats) and as "Canada's most daring rum-runner" in a 1995 book by C.W.