United States v. Fortman
District Court, W.D. Oklahoma
Leonard H. Fortman was indicted for violating the revenue laws relating to intoxicating liquors, and moves to quash the indictment.
1Opinion of the Court
POLLOCK, District Judge.
Defendant in this case was indicted on four counts for violation of sections of the general revenue law. These violations are charged to have been committed April 7, 1920, after the Fughteenth Amendment to our national Constitution had become operative, and after the provisions of the Volstead Act (41 Stat. 305) putting national prohibition into effect had come into full force and operation. By the motion to quash it is sought to raise the question whether the general revenue laws of the government had, by reason of the terms and provisions of the Volstead Act, become…
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