Brown v. United States

The appellant, who will hereinafter be referred to as the defendant, appeals from a judgment and sentence of six months in the county jail and a fine of $500’. The indictment charged him with seven separate offenses: (1) Unlawfully making 1,000 gallons of mash fit for the production of alcoholic spirits; (2) unlawfully fermenting mash fit for the production of alcoholic spirits; (3) unlawfully separating 1201 gallons of alcoholic spirits from a fermented mash; (4) unlawfully carrying on the business of a distiller, with intent to defraud the United States of America of the tax on the 130…