United States v. Murphy

GARVIN, District Judge.

The government applies for leave of court to file an information against the above-named defendant, charging him with a violation of title 2, section 3, Act Oct. 28, 1919 (41 Stat 308), known as the National Prohibition Law, or Volstead Act. This section provides as follows:

“No person shall, on or after the date when the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States goes Into effect, manufacture, sell, barter, transport, import, export, deliver, furnish or possess any intoxicating liquor except as authorized in this act, and all the provisions of this…