Andrew Clifford Park and John W. Vandiver v. United States

The appellants were convicted on two counts of an indictment charging operations in non-tax paid distilled spirits. One count was for a substantive offense and the other for conspiracy. As to the substantive offense, it was claimed as to Park that although there was evidence that he had undertaken to have the liquor delivered and had received payment for it before it was delivered, there was no evidence that it was ever in his personal custody and the conviction could not be sustained. The position is unsound. If not otherwise subject to conviction Park became so as one aiding and abetting in…