Gilmore v. United States

BRYAN, Circuit Judge.

Appellants Billie Gilmore, Virginia Rawlins, Mrs. Bill Bullock, and Fay Gordon were convicted upon an indictment which charged a conspiracy to manufacture, transport, possess, and sell intoxicating liquor for beverage purposes, in violation of the National Prohibition Act (27 USCA). Other defendants who have not appealed were also convicted, among them being Carroll Bates and J. A. Shield. William H. Hutcheson was named as a conspirator, but he was not indicted, and became chief witness for the prosecution.

The government’s evidence was to the following effect: Each of the…