Legal Opinion
Melvin Edmond Surrett and Billy Charles Walden v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 26, 1970No. 26675_1PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge:
Melvin Surrett and Billy Walden were charged in a four count indictment with (1) illegally possessing untaxed distilled spirits in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 5205(a) (2); (2) removing and concealing untaxed spirits, in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 7206(4); (3) making and fermenting mash on premises other than an authorized distillery, in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 5222(a); and (4) possessing an unregistered distillery, in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 5179(a). The district court, sitting without a jury, found both defendants guilty on all counts. On this appeal, Surrett and Walden…
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