Marcante v. United States

McDERMOTT, Circuit Judge.

The appellants were charged with a conspiracy to violate the National Prohibition Law. The question in the ease is whether there was proof of the single conspiracy charged, or whether the proof disclosed two or more separate conspiracies.

The indictment charged 29 named defendants, together with “others to the Grand Jurors unknown,” with conspiring to manufacture, transport, possess, and sell intoxicating liquors. Overt acts of manufacture, sale, and bribery of public officials are alleged to have been committed in twelve separate localities, by one or more of the…