Bishop v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Tennessee; John E. McCall, Judge. Tom Bishop was convicted of transporting liquor into a prohibition state, and brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
DENISON, Circuit Judge.
[1, 2] Bishop was convicted of bringing intoxicating liquor from Missouri into Tennessee. Act March 3, 1917, c. 162, § S, 39 Stat. 1069 (Comp. St 1918, § 8739a). _ He was the owner of a tramp gasoline launch plying upon the Mississippi river. At Caruthersville, Mo., he took on a load of whisky and started down stream. There are, on the Tennessee shore 20 or 30 miles above Memphis, two landings, Richardson’s and Pleasant View; the latter is 5 or 6 miles below the former. Tennessee officers, stationed upon the river bank about halfway between these two landings, observed…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- Jones v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1919
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- Moran v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1920