United States v. McConnell

THOMPSON, District Judge.

The indictment charges a conspiracy to defraud the United States by the unlawful issuance of permits to purchase liquor in amounts and character other than those to which the permittee was lawfully entitled, to persons not permittees, and in the names of permittees who had not made applications or applied for permits, and at offices of the Director of Prohibition, where the records of permittees were not on file. The indictment sets out that the 47 defendants named conspired to defraud the United States in issuing and causing to be issued fraudulent permits by…