Gordon v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In Error to the 'District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Georgia; Beverly D. Evans, Judge. Robert Dee Gordon was convicted of violating Rev. St. § 3258 (Comp. St. 1916, § 5994), by having in his custody and control a dis- „ tilling apparatus, etc., and he brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
SHEPPARD, District Judge.
The plaintiff in error, Robert Lee Gordon, was tried and convicted in the Southern district of Georgia on the usual indictment of four counts for a violation of section 3258 of the Revised Statutes (Comp. St. 1916, §' 5994), namely, having in his custody and control and set up a distilling apparatus in violation of statute, and with operating, etc., a distillery for which no bond had been given to the United States in conformity to law. During the progress of the trial the defendant volunteered as a witness in his own behalf, and on cross-examination by the United…
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