Peru v. United States

KENYON, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs in error were tried in the District Court of Nebraska, Omaha Division, upon an information in five counts charging violation of tlie federal law with reference to selling and possessing intoxicating liquor. Plaintiff in error, Dominick Peru, was convicted on all counts. Plaintiff in error, Anton Bird, was acquitted under direction of the court on the first four counts, and the jury returned a verdict of guilty on the fifth.

The facts are few and not intricate. Both Peru and Bird were employed in a fruit store in Omaha, which seems to have been owned by one…