Reger v. United States

COTTERAL, Circuit Judge.

The appellants bring separate appeals from conviction under an indictment which charged them and others with a conspiracy to manufacturo and possess whisky at the Vaughn Ranch, in Weld County, Colo.

A main contention of the appellants is that insufficient evidence was adduced at the trial to establish the conspiracy, and particularly it was not shown by violations of the Prohibition Act, nor by mere knowledge of and acquiescence in the operation of the still.

Coneededly, the unlawful agreement was essential to the guilt of appellants, and more was required than proof of…