Mosely v. United States

HOLMES, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment by the district court based on an information charging that the defendant and his wife did willfully engage in carrying on the occupation of accepting wagers without registering and paying the special tax required by Sections 3290 and 3291 of Title 26 of the United States Code. The appellant entered a plea of nolo contendere, and was sentenced to imprisonment in the custody of the Attorney General for a period of one year and to pay a fine of $2000; the wife was given a suspended sentence and placed on probation for five years; she did not…