Violette v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Montana; George M. Bourquin, Judge. Fred Violette and another were convicted of conspiracy to violate the revenue and liquor laws, and they bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
HUNT, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs in error, to be called defendants, seek review of conviction under five counts of an indictment which charged (1) conspiracy to carry on the business of distillers without giving a bond as required; (2) conspiracy to make and ferment a certain mash fit for the production of spirits in a building other than a distillery authorized by law; (3) conspiracy to have in their possession and custody and under their control a certain still set up, without having registered the still with the collector of internal revenue, as required bylaw; (4) conspiracy to have in…
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