Barto v. United States

HUNT, Circuit Judge.

This is a writ of error to review conviction under the National Prohibition Act (27 USCA). The information, filed April 6, 1926, by the United States district attorney, gave the court “to understand and be informed, as appears from the affidavit of E. R. Small, made under oath” and filed with the information, that Buck Roe and Dan Doe, whose true names are unknown, Joe Michelotti and Dick Barto sold whisky on June 6, 12, and 13 and on July 6 and 10, 1925, at Tacoma,Washington, and that on July 10 they possessed whisky, and that they maintained a common nuisance at Tacoma…