United States v. Gallant
District Court, W.D. Michigan
Louis Gallant was indicted for emptying a cask containing distilled spirits without effacing the stamps, marks, and brands, and moves to quash the indictment.
1Opinion of the Court
DENISON, District Judge.
This is a prosecution under section 3324 of the Revised Statutes (U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 2168); and it is alleged that, at the time of emptying a cask containing distilled spirits, the respondent “then and there unlawfully did fail to efface and obliterate the said stamp, marks, and brands.” A motion is made to quash the indictment, because it does not otherwise allege a specific wrongful intent; and it is conceded by the district attorney that the evidence will not clearly show any such intent, and will not distinctly', if at all, contradict the respondent’s…
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