State v. Hebert

Appellant was convicted of manufacturing intoxicating liquor for beverage purposes, and was sentenced to pay a fine and be imprisoned. The record contains eight bills of exception, presenting seven complaints.

The first complaint is that the district judge overruled appellant’s plea to the jurisdiction of the court, based upon the fact that he had been indicted by the federal grand jury for a violation of the Volstead Act (U. S. Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1923, § 10138% et seq.) in the same alleged transaction for which he was indicted and was about to be put on trial for violation of the Hood Law…