Fisher v. United States

WOODS, Circuit Judge.

The defendants, Lyda Fisher and Edward L. Cabell, alias Jonah Cabell, were convicted on an indictment charging conspiracy to violate the National Prohibition Laws (Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1923, § 10138¼ et seq.), “in that they would unlawfully, willfully, and knowingly sell, barter, transport, deliver, furnish and possess distilled spirits and intoxicating liquors, otherwise than as authorized in the aforesaid act of Congress, known as the ‘National Prohibition Act,’ and in violation of the provisions of the said National Prohibition Act.”

The testimony for the government was…