James Marvin Easley and Joe A. Alexander v. United States

The Government charged the appellants with violating the Federal Liquor Law, 26 U.S.C.A. §§ 5008(b) (1), 5174, 5606. The appellants were convicted and appeal. They claim they were on a hog-hunting errand and had nothing to do with the illegal still or its product, and assert the evidence was insufficient to convict. The district court, in ruling upon motions for acquittal and for new trial, held the evidence sufficient to go to the jury and to sustain a conviction. We conclude these holdings were correct.

The witnesses were placed under the rule and admonished not to discuss the case with…