Legal Opinion
United States v. Block
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 8, 1937No. 265PublishedCited by 81 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
L. HAND, Circuit Judge.
Block and Levy were convicted with others upon three counts for possessing an unlawful still, and upon another count for conspiracy to possess the still and to defraud the United States of taxes by its use. In general outline the evidence proved that the ringleaders, Griffin, Brinkman, Block and Levy, leased a parcel of land near Fishkill in Dutchess County, N. Y., on which they set up a still with the aid of workmen, among others one Rubin, who testified against them on the trial. They shipped to New York by truck potable alcohol, reclaimed by the still out of…
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