Rossi v. United States

■An indictment, five counts, in the United States Dis-' trict Court, Southern District of Illinois, alleged that petitioners had violated the Internal Revenue laws in sundry ways. The third count charged them with carrying on the business of a distiller without having given the bond required by § 3260, Rev. Stats.,' U.S.C. Title 26, § 284. The fourth charged possession and control of a still not registered as required by § 3258, Rev. Stats., U.S.C. Title 26, § 281“. They pleaded not guilty; waived a jury; went to trial before the Judge. He found them guilty under both the third .and fourth…