Legal Opinion
Abraham Leroy Baker v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 17, 1956No. 15693_1PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JONES, Circuit Judge.
The appellant was charged in a five-count indictment with possession of an unregistered still, carrying on the business of a distiller without having given bond, carrying on the business of a distiller with intent to defraud the United States of its tax on distilled spirits, working at a still where no “Registered Distillery” sign was posted, and possession of untaxed liquor. On the first and last of these counts he was convicted. On the others he had the benefit of a directed verdict of acquittal. Growing out of the same episode was a separate indictment for resisting…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Weiss v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1941
- Corcoran v. Montgomery Ward & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Earl E. Vick v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1954
- Elijah McClain and Margie Mae McClain v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
- United States v. MannCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1939
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3Cited by16 opinions
- United States v. Mitchell Miller, Susan McDuffie Weeks, and John Henry McDuffieCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Louis A. Ehrlich v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
- Robert Frederick Huff v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
- United States v. Ovidio Omar UrdialesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- United States v. Roy Lee CrawfordCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1971
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