Legal Opinion
United States v. Farrar
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided March 7, 1930No. 9390PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MORTON, District Judge.
This indictment charges in the simplest and most direct language that the defendant committed a crime by knowingly and unlawfully purchasing two pints of intoxicating liquor from one Rotondo. There is no charge of illegal possession. The defendant has moved to quash on the ground that the act charged is not criminal.
The case presents a question of statutory construction, whether the purchase of liquor is criminal under the National Prohibition Act (27 USCA). The basic prohibitory section, around which the act is built, does not prohibit purchases. “No person shall on or…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- United States v. KatzSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Becher v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1924
- State v. TeahanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1882
- Reed v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1909
- Lott v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1913
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Branzburg v. HayesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Pope v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1979
- United States v. Caraballo-RodriguezCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2007
- Bratton v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1934
- Neal v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1939
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