Vincenti v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore; John C. Rose, Judge. Charles Vincenti and others were convicted of conspiracy to violate the War Prohibition Act, and they bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
WOODS, Circuit Judge.
The defendants were indicted October 28, 1920, for conspiracy on the 1st day of July, 1919, to violate section 1, paragraph 4, of the Act of Congress approved November 21, 1918, called the War Prohibition Act (40 Stat. 1046). A demurrer to the indictment was overruled, and the defendants were convicted on November 20, 1920. A motion in arrest of judgment was also overruled.
[1] Defendants’ first position is that the War-Time Prohibition Act *115at the time of their trial had become invalid by reason of the cessation of the war powers of Congress. That act provides:
“After June…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Hamilton v. Kentucky Distilleries & Warehouse Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1919
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