Webb v. United States

LEWIS, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff in error complains of a judgment finding Mm guilty of contempt and imposing on Mm a fine of $500 and 7 months’ imprisonment. The proceeding agaMst him was brought under section 24, tit. 2, the National ProMbition Act (41 Stat. 315 [U. S. Comp. St. Supp. 1923, § 10138%S]) by information, from wMeh and the proof it appears that the district attorney filed in the court below on April 15, 1922, a bill in eqMty ehargmg Webb and three other named persons with the maintenance - of a common nmsanee on described premises in Kansas City, as that term is defined by section…