De Jianne v. United States

DAVIS, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted on a criminal information containing five' counts, four of which charged him with selling, and the fifth with having in his possession, intoxicating liquor, in violation of the National Prohibition Act (41 Stat. 305). He was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment on second count, and to a fine of $500 on each of the other four counts, making in all $2,000.

The defendant insists that the learned District Judge erred in his charge to the jury, in‘that he virtually directed a verdict of guilty, and that he was…