Legal Opinion
Julian W. Sears v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 18, 1965No. 21555PublishedCited by 148 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRIFFIN B. BELL, Circuit Judge:
Appellant Julian Sears, sheriff of Coffee County, Georgia, was convicted below under an indictment charging that he with Harris Johnson, Beecher Wright, and other persons unknown to the grand -jury conspired to violate the Internal Revenue laws relating to the possession of an unregistered distillery. The alleged co-conspirators were jointly indicted, but a severance was granted with the result that Sears was tried separately.
I
Appellant’s first contention is that his motion for acquittal should have been granted because the evidence was insufficient to prove the…
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