Legal Opinion
Fontanello v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 13, 1927No. 5045PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GILBERT, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiffs in error were convicted under a count of an indictment which charged them with carrying on the business of a distillery of spirits without having given bond as required by law. Dominick Fontanello was sentenced to seven months in the county jail, Tony Fontanello to six months, and John Pinola to eight months, and each was sentenced to pay a fine of $1,000.
The assignment of error principally relied upon is that in his closing argument to the jury the district attorney said: “These men are Italians. We welcome them to our country. They should obey our lays.…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- Luterman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1922
- Sischo v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1924
3Cited by11 opinions
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- Jackson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2001
- United States v. Rody Charles Grey, United States of America v. Norman WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1970
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