Martin v. United States

CARLAND, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff in error, hereafter called defendant, was convicted and sentenced upon an information charging him with having willfully and knowingly transported spirituous and intoxicating liquors, to wit, 192 quarts of whisky, from St. Joseph, Mo., to Hastings, Neb., not for medicinal, sacramental, mechanical, or scientific purposes, and not upon or by virtue of any prescription of a licensed or practicing physician, as provided by the laws of the state of Nebraska. At the close of all the evidence counsel for defendant requested the court to direct a verdict in favor…