United States v. Williams

HOLMES, Circuit Judge.

The indictment in this case was in three counts. After a verdict of not guilty upon the first count had been returned by the jury, and of guilty upon the two remaining counts, the court below granted the appel-lees’ motion in arrest of judgment on the second and third counts, and dismissed the indictment as to said two counts on the ground that neither of them stated an offense against the United States.

The second count charged that the ap-pellees facilitated the transportation of certain merchandise, to-wit, “140 pounds of marihuana which they then knew had been…