Armenta v. United States

SAWTELLE, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, hereinafter called the defendant, was convicted upon counts 3, 4, and 5 of an indictment, in which counts he was charged with the unlawful possession and sale of intoxicating liquor and maintaining a common nuisance. Pursuant to the verdict of the jury the court announced sentence: “That the said defendant be imprisoned in the United States Penitentiary at McNeil Island, in the State of Washington, for the period of three (3) years on count four, said term of imprisonment to date from his delivery to the warden of said penitentiary; that said defendant be…