Stubbs v. United States

Defendant was convicted on an indictment containing four counts charging violations of the National Prohibition Act (Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1923, § 10138¼ et seq.). The evidence while largely circumstantial justified the verdict of guilty.

The trial judge refused a request for an instruction on the law of circumstantial evidence as presented by defendant’s counsel, and charged the jury as follows:

“That they could convict upon circumstantial evidence, provided the evidence measured up to the standard required by law; that the rule as to circumstantial evidence, stated briefly, is that the…