Troy v. United States

PAGE, Circuit Judge.

The penalty imposed on each defendant is a fine of $800 and foiir months in jail. The defendants were convicted by a jury on the first, second, and fifth counts of. a criminal information under the Volstead Act (41 Stat. 305). The first count charged unlawful manufacture of intoxicating liquor, but there is no evidence to sustain conviction under that count. The second count charged unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor, and the fifth charged the un*852lawful possession of two stills. ' The only penalty for violations under each of the counts 2 and 5, for a first offense,…