Murphy v. United States

WOOLLEY, Circuit Judge.

On a criminal information charging a violation of section 21 of title 2 of the National Prohibition Act (Comp. St. § 10138%jj) by maintaining a nuisance on their premises, Thomas Murphy and Vincent Murphy were tried and acquitted. Thereafter the United States, acting under section 22 of title 2 of the same Act (Comp. St. § 10138%k), filed a bill in equity in the same court against the same defendants charging them upon the same facts with maintaining the same nuisance. The court sustained the lull and, by injunction, closed the place for one year. The defendants…