Legal Opinion
Montford v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 29, 1952No. 14065_1PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STRUM, Circuit Judge.
Appellants were convicted of conspiring to violate the Internal Revenue Laws relating to the manufacture, possession, and sale of non-tax paid distilled spirits. 26 U.S. C.A. §§ 2803(a), 2810(a), 2833(a) and 2834. On appeal it is contended, inter alia, that hearsay evidence was erroneously admitted at the trial in an effort to connect appellants with the conspiracy.
The evidence reveals a series of typical clandestine sales of moonshine whiskey, usually conducted late at night in the back yard of a dwelling near the outskirts of Blountstown, Florida, in which vicinity…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Nardone v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Logan v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- May v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1949
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3Cited by33 opinions
- United States v. HaldemanCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1976
- William Dennis Riggs v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
- United States v. Michael ApolloCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- James W. Harlow, Charles E. Wilson and Thomas F. Addy v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
- United States v. Dr. Luther Lewis Ashley, Jr., and John Franklin RoperCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
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