Daniel v. United States

SANBORN, Circuit Judge.

The only substantial question presented by this appeal is whether there was any-competent evidence that the appellant on November 23, 1939, was attempting to transport intoxicating liquor from Missouri into Kansas in violation of the Liquor Enforcement Act of 1936, 27 U.S.C. A. § 223. The case was tried to the court without a jury, and the court found the appellant guilty and sentenced him. There are two valid assignments of error: one, that certain incompetent evidence was admitted; and, the other, that the court erred in failing to direct an acquittal. Since no jury…