Jones v. United States

ROSE, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs in error were defendants below and will be so styled here. They, together with six other persons, were indicted for conspiracy among themselves, and with others to the grand jury unknown, to commit an offense against the United States; that is to say, to violate section 18 of title 2 of the National Prohibition Act (Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1923, § 10138%i), by selling “a preparation, to wit, specially denatured alcohol, formula 39-B, a more particular description of which is to the grand inquest unknown, designed and intended for use in the unlawful manufacture…