Brady v. United States

PAGE, Circuit Judge.

No. 4227 is the appeal of Brady and No. 4242 is the appeal of De Keyzer and Van Heck, all tried together and convicted under three counts of an indictment alleging a conspiracy to (a) maintain a nuisance, (b) sell intoxicating liquor, and (c) possess intoxicating liquor, in violation of the National Prohibition Act (27 USCA).

Brady, in 1925, owning a saloon property at 213 West Third street, Kewanee, Ill., that had been vacant most of the time since Kewanee went diy in 1914, leased the premises of De Keyzer. In 1926, while De KeyzePs lease was in force, the place was…