Smith v. United States

(sitting in place of VAN ORSDEL, Associate Justice). The appellant, the defendant below, was convicted in the Police Court of the District of Columbia on an information in two counts charging a violation of the National Prohibition Act (41 Stat. 305). The first count charged appellant and one Latimer with an unlawful sale of intoxicating liquor; the second, with unlawfully possessing such liquor. Latimer was acquitted on both counts. Appellant was acquitted on the second count, but found guilty "on the first. There are some 24 assignments of error, discussed under 8 points in the briefs.

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