United States v. Rennecke

Simonton, J.,

(charging jury.) The defendants are indicted for the violation of section 3242 of the Revised Statutes, in that they carried on the business of retail liquor dealers without having paid the special tax. The question you must answer by your verdict is, did they carry on the business of retail liquor dealers ? The sale of liquor on more than one occasion has beon testified to by several witnesses. In answering this question regard must be bad to the circumstances attending the sale. If the sale was under such circumstances as indicated that the defendants had the liquor on hand to…