Legal Opinion

Evans v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided June 22, 1937No. 8400PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FOSTER, Circuit Judge.

Appellant was convicted on four counts of an indictment. Count 1 charged a conspiracy between appellant and four named persons to violate the liquor laws of the United States. The other counts charged substantive offenses of the same character. There are twenty assignments of error. The first three assignments, running to the denial of motions for a continuance of the trial and the overruling of a plea in abatement, have been abandoned. The fourth assignment is to the overruling of a demurrer and a motion to quash the in■dictment. All the other assignments depend upon…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Hagner v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  2. Ray v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
  3. Blaine v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1928
  4. Davis v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1936

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Pueblo v. Díaz MoureSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1950
  2. People v. Díaz MoureSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1950

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