United States v. Bray

(charging jury). The defendant stands indicted.for carrying on the business of a retail liquor dealer without having paid to the government the required tax. The statute of the United States (Rev. St. § 3242, as amended) under which this prosecution is conducted defines a “retail liquor dealer” to be a person who sells foreign or domestic distilled spirits, wines, or malt liquors in less quantities than five gallons. The question to be answered by your verdict is whether or not the article in evidence, alleged to have been sold by the defendant under the name of “Diggs’ Appetizer,” comes…