United States v. Wallace Eugene McGee

Wallace Eugene McGee, defendant-appellant, was convicted in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, on the second count of a three-count indictment. The first count charged the possession of a still and distilling apparatus for the distillation of spiritous liquors without having them registered as required by law, in violation of sections 5179 and 5601(a) (1) of Title 26 U.S.C. The second count charged that the defendant carried on the business of a distiller of spiritous liquors without having given a bond as required by law, in violation of sections 5173 and…