Hale v. United States

SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.

J. W. Hale was convicted on a count charging that “On or about the 2nd day' of June, 1944, in "the Parish of Sabine, State of Louisiana, in the Western District of Louisiana, the said defendant J. W. Hale * * * did knowingly, wilfully, feloniously and unlawfully carry on the business of a retail liquor dealer and did wilfully fail to pay the special tax as required by law, in violation of Section 3253 of the Internal Revenue Code”, 26 U.S.C.A. Int.Rev. Code, § 3253, and on another count in identical words except that the date named was August 8, 1944. On the latter count…