Lewis v. United States

Plaintiffs in error seek to reverse a judgment of the District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan convicting them of conspiracy to violate the National Prohibition Act (Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1923, § 10138et seq.). Indicted with them were Ed Kellner and Max Kellner, who were never apprehended, and Alexander Clifford and John J. Dorrington, who were acquitted on the trial. The object of the conspiracy, as alleged, was to bring into the United States from the Dominion of Canada a large quantity of intoxicating liquor for beverage purposes. The means by which this was to be effected were…