Moran v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Tennessee; John E. McCall, Judge. Criminal prosecution by the United States against J. B. Moran. Judgment of conviction, and defendant brings error. T. J. Walsh, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Memphis, Tenn.
1Opinion of the Court
KNAPPEN, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff in error was charged under the Reed Amendment (Act March 3, 1917, c. 162, § 5 [1919 Supp. to U. S. Comp. Slat. 1916, vol. 2, p. 1825]) with having ordered, purchased and caused 29 cases of whisky to be transported in interstate commerce from Caruthersville, Mo., to a point in Tennessee in or near Memphis. This writ is to review a conviction thereunder.
While driving in a car north on a public highway at about 2 o’clock in the morning, and in the direction of Memphis, defendant was stopped by federal officers and arrested. The car contained at the time 29 cases…
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