Camarota v. United States

WOOLLEY, Circuit Judge.

This writ is urged without a valid assignment of error to support it. Of the several matters argued we shall discuss only the one with reference to which an exception was asked and denied. Feeling that an exception' should have been allowed, we shall consider the question under the rule which permits us, of our own motion, to notice a .plain error not assigned. Rule 11.

The indictment, by four counts, charged that Camarota and Sheck (Í) conspired to commit an offense against the laws of the United States, namely, to receive and conceal liquors unlawfully imported; (2)…