Tritico v. United States

BRYAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an indictment in three counts for violations of the National Prohibition Act. Defendants are charged in the first count with the unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor; in the second count with the unlawful possession of property designed for the manufacture of liquor; and in the third count with the unlawful manufacture of liquor.

Two prohibition agents entered premises where no one was living, and when within about 300 yards of the bam they detected the odor of mash. They proceeded to the bam, and there found the defendants engaged in operating six stills,…