United States v. Simpson
District Court, D. Colorado
Criminal prosecution by the United States against Everett E. Simpson. On demurrer to indictment.
1Opinion of the Court
LEWIS, District Judge.
This is a demurrer to an indictment charging the defendant with the violation of section 5 of the Act of March 3, 1917 (Reed Amendment) 39 Stat. 1069, c. 162 (Comp. St. 1918, §§ 8739a, 10387a-10387c). The three counts charge the same offense, each putting it in a different way. Each charges that the defendant, on August 25, 1917, did unlawfully cause five quarts of whisky to be transported in interstate commerce from Cheyenne, Wyoming, to Denver, Colorado; the laws of the latter state prohibiting the manufacture and sale therein of intoxicating liquor for beverage…
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- Shelp v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1897
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