United States v. Woods

The defendant [Edwin Woods] was indicted, first, for carrying on the business of a retail dealer in liquor; without having paid the special tax therefor, and, second, for negligently failing to place and keep conspicuously in his establishment the stamp denoting the payment of special tax. Plea of not guilty. Tried to a jury and verdict of guilty, and motion for new trial.

The evidence showed that the defendant was the janitor of the Garretsville Mutual Benefit Club, formed for the purpose of social amusement; that the club owned certain spirituous liquors, and kept them for the use of the…