Legal Opinion
Brenner v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 11, 1922No. 23PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANTON, Circuit Judge.
The indictment against the plaintiffs in error contains three counts. There was an acquittal directed on the second and third counts, and the case was submitted to the jury under the proof and a conviction rendered under the first county only. The first count charges that the plaintiffs in error conspired between the 1st of December, 1919, and the 26th of December, 1919, “to commit an offense against the United States government, to wit, to use non-beverage alcohol ‘for beverage purposes’ in violation of the Food Control Act of August 10, 1917 [Comp. St. 1918, Comp. St.…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- United States v. CruikshankSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Pettibone v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- United States v. HessSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Fontana v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1919
- McGrath v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1921
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- United States v. S. Lawrence Kahn, Arthur B. Sachs and M. Prial CurranCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1967
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- In Re BrennerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1925
- Wishart v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1928
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