Ribaste v. United States

GARDNER, Circuit Judge.

Charles Ribaste and Henry Bono were convicted on an indictment of two counts, one charging the manufacture of intoxicating liquor and the other the possession of the same liquor in violation of the National Prohibition Act (27 USCA). The parties will be referred to as they appeared in the lower court.

The sufficiency of the indictment was not challenged in the lower court, nor is it questioned here. When the government rested its case the defendants moved the court to direct the jury to return verdicts of not guilty, which motion was denied and exception taken. They…