United States v. Sandefuhr

TRIEBER, District Judge.

The indictment charges the defendant with having knowingly and unlawfully shipped a keg containing 15 gallons of spirituous liquors, the brands and marks thereon not being visible, the same being packed in a barrel, which barrel was not marked and branded as the law requires. On the margin of the indictment the district attorney indorsed, “Section 3449, Revised Statutes” [U. S. Comp. St 1901, p. 2277], to indicate the statute under which the defendant was indicted. This section provides:

“Whenever any person ships, transports, or removes auy spirituous or fermented…