Williams v. United States

FARIS, District Judge.

Plaintiffs in error, who were defendants below, were sued on a supersedeas bond by the United States, and, being east, sued out this writ of error.

Heretofore defendant Joe Williams was convicted on an indictment in three counts, which charged him with a conspiracy to violate the National Prohibition Act (Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1923, § 1013814 et seq.), as also with two actual violations of said act, and his punishment was fixed at imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of one year and a day, and on the two remaining counts, fines, totaling $500, were assessed against…