Robilio 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. CriminaJ prosecution by the United States against Joe Robilio and Louis Robilio. Judgment of conviction, and defendants separately bring error.
1Per curiam
Writs of error upon a conviction under Act March 3, 1917, c. 162, § 5, 39 Stat. 1069 (Comp. St. § 8739a) — the Reed Amendment — for transporting intoxicating liquor from Kentucky into Tennessee.
[1] Aside from any “confession,” there was sufficient evidence from which the jury might find that the offense had been committed, as well as that the liquor was not for one of the excepted purposes. Verdicts may rest upon rightful inference, as well as upon direct testimony. Laughter v. United States (C. C. A. 6) 259 Fed. 94, - C. C. A. -, opinion filed January 17, 1919.
[2] It does not follow from…
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