Hovermale v. United States

McDOWELL, District Judge.

On September 16, 1924, the district attorney filed by leave of court a verified information, which in part reads as follows:

“That Ernest Hovermale on or about the 14th day of December, 1923, and after the 16th day of January, 1920, at or near Berkeley Springs, in the county of Morgan, in the district aforesaid, and within the jurisdiction of this court, did unlawfully and knowingly possess for beverage purposes a large quantity of intoxicating liquor, to wit, four hundred twenty-five gallons cider, the same containing more than one-half of one per cent, of alcohol by…