Fogus v. United States

The appellants in the two eases, Fogus in the one case and Fink and Jack in the other, entered pleas of guilty in the court below to indictments charging in the first count violation of the National Prohibition Act (27 USCA) and in the second and third counts violation of section 3296 R. S. U. S. (26 USCA § 404). Fogus entered his plea on the 22d day of November, 1928, and Fink and Jack on the 23d day of November, 1928.

Fogus was fined $200 and sentenced to two years and six months’ imprisonment in the United States Penitentiary at Atlanta. Fink was fined $200 and sentenced to imprisonment in…