Queen v. United States

ROBB, Associate Justice.

Appellant, defendant below, was indicted for transporting distilled spirits, the immediate container of which did not have affixed thereto stamps denoting the quantity of distilled spirits contained therein and evidencing payment of all internal revenue taxes imposed on such spirits.

Defendant demurred to the indictment. The demurrer was overruled, and, a jury being waived, trial was had by the court.

The evidence on behalf of the United States tended to prove that defendant transported 2já gallons of distilled spirits from a dwelling house in the District of Columbia to…