Lauderdale v. United States

WALKER, Circuit Judge.

The appellant was convicted under an indictment containing nine counts. The first, third,, fifth, and eighth counts each charged that appellant on a stated date, at the town of Ruleville, in Sunflower county, Miss., did knowingly and unlawfully possess intoxicating liquor, to wit, whisky, for beverage purposes; the dates stated in the several counts being different, and the dates stated in each of the nine counts being later than the date of the enactment of the Jones Act, 45 Stat. 1446 (27 USCA §§ 91, 92). The second, fourth, and sixth counts each charged that…