Minner v. United States

PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge.

Minner and certain other defendants were charged by indictment with conspiracy to violate the National Prohibition Act. (See note .)

At the first trial, Gorges, Nelson, Norton, and fourteen other defendants were convicted, and the jury disagreed as to Minner and five other defendants. A severance was granted to certain defendants. Minner was then tried alone, convicted, and sentenced to imprisonment for two years and to pay a fine of $10,000. He has appealed.

The testimony on the part of the government tended to establish the following facts: Madden was assistant…