United States v. Jay v. Ball, United States of America v. Boyd Ridings, Sr.

CELEBREZZE, Circuit Judge.

These are appeals by two of eight co-defendants from a conviction for violating certain provisions of the United States Code relating to distilled spirits in the Eastern District of Tennessee. Appellants Jay V. Ball and Boyd Ridings, Sr. were each convicted by a jury verdict on two counts: (1) conspiring with certain co-defendants to defraud the United States by possessing, selling and otherwise dealing in nontax-paid distilled spirits 18 U.S.C. § 371 (1964) and (2) aiding and abetting each other in the possession, transportation, sale and transfer of a quantity of…