United States v. Freeman
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS. The facts, which involve the jurisdiction of the District Court of the offense of shipping intoxicating liquor in interstate and foreign commerce in violation of, and the construction of § 240, Criminal Code, áre stated in the opinion.
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ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS. The facts, which involve the jurisdiction of the District Court of the offense of shipping intoxicating liquor in interstate and foreign commerce in violation of, and the construction of § 240, Criminal Code, áre stated in the opinion. The United States District Court for the District of Kansas has jurisdiction of the prosecution of the defendant in error for shipping the unlabeled packages from Missouri into Kansas, inasmuch as the offense was not complete when the unlabeled packages were delivered to the carrier,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Devanter
This is an indictment under § 240 of the Criminal Code making it a punishable offense knowingly to “ship or cause to be shipped from one State, . . . into any other State, . . . or from any foreign country into any State, . . .” any package of or containing intoxicating liquor of any kind, “unless such package be so labeled on the outside cover as to plainly show the name of the consignee, the nature of its contents, and the quantity contained therein.” The indictment was returned in the District of Kansas and charges the defendant with violating the statute by. knowingly .shipping and…
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