Davis v. United States

Appellant, with others, was indicted in the District Court of the United States for the Western District of North Carolina, on a charge of violating the National Prohibition Act (27 USCA). On trial at Charlotte, N. C., at the October term, 1930, Davis was found guilty of unlawful sale of intoxicating liquors. On a count alleging unlawful possession on which the jury returned a verdict of guilty, judgment was suspended, and on a count alleging one of the unlawful sales on which the jury also returned a verdict of guilty prayer for judgment was continued, and on another count charging unlawful…