Legal Opinion
Douglas Joseph Hodges and Vernon Clyatt, Rewis v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 12, 1957No. 16171PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Circuit Judge.
Hodges and Rewis were jointly indicted, tried and convicted under 26 U. S.C.A. §§ 5174, 5606, 5216, and 5008 for illegal possession of distilling apparatus, carrying on the business of a distillery without bond, fermenting mash, and possession of distilled spirits. Each appeals by separate counsel.
Caught red-handed in the raid of January 12, 1955, on his own property from which he could not escape with a 500-gallon still, 4500 gallons of mash, and 230 gallons of nontaxpaid liquor, the only point of substance as to Rewis concerns the search warrant under which the raid…
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