Powe v. United States

BRYAN, Circuit Judge.

This is a writ of error to reverse a judgment of conviction on an indictment for conspiracy to violate the National Prohibition Act (Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1923, § 10138% et seq.). It is assigned as error that the trial court erred in refusing to sustain a plea of autrefois acquit and direct a verdict of not guilty.

The first count of the indictment charges that the defendant, Samuel Powe, conspired with one Daniel L. Jemison to violate title 2 of the National Prohibition Act (Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1923, § 10138% et seq.), and to transport intoxicating liquor from Mobile,…