O'Hearne v. United States

HITZ, Associate Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia adjudging appellant guilty of contempt in disobeying temporary and final injunctions issued under sections 22 and 23 of title 2i of the National Prohibition Act (chapter 85, 41 Slat. 305, 314, 27 U. S. C. §§ 34, 35 [27 USCA §§ 34, 35]).

The bill producing the injunctions was filed in the court below on September 23,1931, and alleged the maintenance at 815 Vermont avenue, in the city of Washington of a public nuisance used for the manufacture, sale, etc., of intoxicating liquor, and charged…