Jacob Schmidt Brewing Co. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In ,F,rror to the District Court of the United States for the District of North Dakota; Charles F. Amidon, Judge. The Jacob Schmidt Brewing Company, a corporation, was convicted' of violating Criminal Code, § 240, and it brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
HOOK, Circuit Judge.
The Jacob Schmidt Brewing Company was convicted of violating section 240 of the Criminal Code (Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, 35 Stat. 1137 [Comp. St. 1916, § 10410]), which prohibits the shipment of intoxicating liquors in interstate commerce unless the package or container “be so labeled on the outside cover as to plainly to show the name of the consignee, the nature of its contents, and the quantity contained therein.”
What defendant did was this: It shipped certain packages containing beer from St. Paul, Minn., to customers in Minot, N. D., on which the only external marks…
2Cited by1 opinion
- United States v. Jacob Schmidt Brewing Co.District Court, D. North Dakota · 1918