United States v. Ratagczak
District Court, N.D. Ohio
On Information. Criminal prosecution by the United States against Steve Ratagczak. On demurrer to plea in bar.
1Opinion of the Court
WESTENHAVER, District Judge.
Defendant is by information charged under the National Prohibition Act (41 Stat. 305) with the offense of having on or about the 11th day of May, 1921, had unlawfully in his possession 92 quarts of Gibson whisky. To this information the defendant has filed a special piea of former acquittal, to which the plaintiff has demurred generally. The allegations as to the identity of the defendant and of the transactions are sufficient to make a good plea in bar, but the former judgment of acquittal thus pleaded, it is alleged, was rendered by the criminal branch of the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Kepner v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Grafton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Moore v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1852
- Fox v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1847
- National Prohibition CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
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