Charles Edward Williams v. United States

TUTTLE, Circuit Judge.

The appellant here complains of his sentence of three years upon conviction of one count of conspiracy alleging the object of the conspiracy to be the violation of seven distinct provisions of the liquor laws, of which, as substantive offenses, six would be felonies and one a misdemeanor. Admitting that there was substantial evidence from which the jury could have found him guilty of conspiring to violate each of the seven sections, appellant says that the jury’s simple verdict of guilty on the charge of conspiracy, under the charge of the court that they need not find…