Meehan v. United States

MUNGER, District Judge.

The plaintiffs in error, hereafter called defendants, were convicted of offenses against the National Prohibition Act (2¡7 USCA). The information contained four counts, each count charging a separate unlawful sale of intoxicating liquor. As the result of a trial to a jury, the defendant Meehan was convicted under eaeh count. The defendant Berg was convicted under the first three counts. The defendants moved in arrest of judgment, because no effense was stated in the information.

The contention is made that there is no explicit and direct charge that the defendants…