Vesely v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States, for the Southern Division of the Southern District of California; Benjamin E. Bledsoe, Judge. Al. Vesely was convicted of unlawful sale of intoxicating liquors, and of maintaining a place for the sale thereof, and brings error.
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In Error to the District Court of the United States, for the Southern Division of the Southern District of California; Benjamin E. Bledsoe, Judge. Al. Vesely was convicted of unlawful sale of intoxicating liquors, and of maintaining a place for the sale thereof, and brings error. Two informations were filed by the government in the court below against the plaintiff in error, the first of which contained two counts — one charging that on or about October 9, 1920, at the city of San Diego, Vesely unlawfully sold to one Kinney certain intoxicating liquor, namely, whisky, for beverage purposes,…
1Opinion of the CourtRoss, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). [1] We see no merit whatever in either of the points made on behalf of the plaintiff in error. The contention that the cases did not admit of consolidation is sufficiently answered, first, by section 1024 of the Revised Statutes (Comp. St. § 1690), and section 32 of title 2 of the National Prohibition Act, by the first of which it is declared that—
“When there are several charges against any person for the same act or transaction, or for two or more acts or transactions connected together, or for two or more acts or transactions of the same class of crimes…
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