Hester v. United States

WADDILL, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff in error, Charlie Hester, was indicted on the 11th of March, 1919, for violation of the provisions of section 3296 of the United States Revised Statutes (Comp. St. § 6038), the revenue law then existing. The indictment contained two counts — ■ one charging removal of certain distilled spirits, to wit, one quart, upon which the tax had not been paid, from a distillery to the grand jurors unknown to a place other than a distillery warehouse provided by law; and the second count charging that the defendant unlawfully concealed, and did aid and abet in concealing,…