Legal Opinion

United States v. Horton

District Court, S.D. Alabama

Decided August 18, 1922PublishedCited by 14 opinions

John Horton was prosecuted for violating the National Prohibition Act, and he demurs to the indictment.

1Opinion of the Court

ERVIN, District Judge.

There áre three counts in the indictment, and the demurrers to the first and third counts raise the same ques*732tions passed on in the Case of Thomas Cleveland (D. C.) 281 Fed. 249. ■

[ 1 ] The second count in part is as follows:

“John Horton, whose name is to the grand jury otherwise unknown, did unlawfully have and possess, to wit, one (1) 35-gallon copper still, one (1) copper worm, one (1) copper connection, eleven (11) 50-gallon Bbl. fermenters, one (1) lot vessels,' one (1) brick furnace, designed and intended for use in and for violating title 2 of the National…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. United States v. CarllSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
  2. Evans v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
  3. Baender v. BarnettSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
  4. United States v. DowlingDistrict Court, S.D. Florida · 1922
  5. United States v. ClevelandDistrict Court, S.D. Alabama · 1922

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. People v. BarnesIllinois Supreme Court · 1924
  2. Filippelli v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1925
  3. Jacobs v. DancigerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1931
  4. Davis v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1933
  5. In Re HaywardCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1923

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