Shipley v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the El Paso Division of the-Western District of Texas; William R. Smith, Judge. Criminal prosecution by the United States against Jess Shipley and Humpy Bob Vaughn. Judgment of conviction, and defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiffs in error were indicted under three counts for a violation of the National Prohibition Act (41 Stat. 305). Count 1 charged a conspiracy to transport 240 quarts of Canadian Club whisky and 6 quarts of gin from El Paso, Tex., to some destination unknown to the grand jurors. The overt act was the transportation of said whisky and gin by automobile for a portion of said distance. Count 2 charged the unlawful possession of said whisky and gin by said persons, and count 3 charged the unlawful transportation of said liquors. The indictment contained a further count…
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