United States v. A. Steiner, Inc.

EVANS, Circuit Judge.

A. Steiner, Inc., an Illinois corporation, and Bertrand B. Appleby, its president, were convicted of a violation of Sec. 2857, Title 26 U.S.C.A. Int.Rev.Code. The indictment charged the defendants with wilful violation of said Sec. 2857 “in that said defendants who were then and there engaged in the trade or business of a wholesale liquor dealer, selling and offering for sale, distilled spirits in quantities of five wine gallons or more to the same person at the same time,” and “then and there operating a wholesale liquor dealer business,” did “refuse and neglect to keep…