States v. Ward

WOOLLEY, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from a decree of the District Court dismissing a hill which was filed by the United States under Section 22 of Title 2 of the National Prohibition Act (Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1923, § 10138%k) to enjoin the respondents from maintaining a nuisance by the sale of liquor. Briefly stated, the facts are these: The United States, in its bill, charged that on premises in Philadelphia formerly equipped and maintained as a saloon, the respondent, Ward, on three named dates, sold intoxicating liquor to prohibition agents; it averred that the place was a common…