Ramsey v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Tennessee; John E. McCall, Judge. A. B. Ramsey was convicted of selling distilled spirits for beverage purposes, in violation of the War-Time Prohibition Act, and he brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
KNAPPEN, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff in error was convicted of selling distilled spirits for beverage purposes on July 12, 1919, in violation of the War-Time Prohibition Act, Nov. 21, 1918, c. 212, sub,d. 4 (Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1919, §§ 311511/12f-311511/12ggg)- This writ is to review the judgment.
A motion in arrest of judgment, on the ground that the War-Time Prohibition Act (a) was unconstitutional» and (b) had ceased to be operative, was overruled. A motion for new trial was denied. The sufficiency of the evidence to sustain conviction is challenged, and complaint is made of the exclusion of…
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