Withrow v. United States

WOODS, Circuit Judge.

The defendants, Taylor Withrow and Arthur Vinson, alias Happy Riggs, were convicted on informations charging unlawful possession of intoxicating liquors and maintenance of a nuisance. The evidence on behalf of the government was as follows:

On an afternoon in June, 1923, O. C. Johnson, a motorcycle police officer of Huntington, W. Va., met the defendants and Charles Boyd driving an automobile in the suburbs of Huntington. The officer called to them to stop. In response they increased speed and dashed through the streets of the city. The officer pursued, again ordering them…