Legal Opinion

Nosowitz v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided March 27, 1922No. 224PublishedCited by 41 opinions

In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of New York. Hyman Nosowitz and another were convicted of an offense, and they bring error.

1Opinion of the Court

MANTON, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs in error were charged in an information with an offense in that on or about the 22d of December, 1920, within the jurisdiction of the Eastern district, they did “unlawfully, willfully, and knowingly manufacture and possess for sale and for some time prior thereto sell a certain machine, contrivance, or still designated or intended for use in the unlawful manufacture of intoxicating liquors,” in violation of section 18 of title 2 of the Volstead Act (41 Stat. 313). At the end of the government’s proof, the plaintiffs in error moved to dismiss the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Union Pacific Coal Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1909
  2. Isbell v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1915

3Cited by41 opinions

  1. Curley v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1947
  2. Carlisle v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
  3. United States v. FlynnCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1954
  4. United States v. HoffmanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1943
  5. Romano v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1925

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