Rulovitch v. United States

WOOEEEY, Circuit Judge.

The crimes with which the nine defendants were charged under the three counts of the indictment were conspiracies, formed at specified times and places, to commit offenses against the United States (R. S- § 5440, now Section 37 of the Criminal Code; Comp. St. § 10,201), that is, (1) “to unlawfully possess,” (2) “to unlawfully transport,” and (3) “to unlawfully sell intoxicating liq*316uors prohibited by law, containing more than one-half of one per cent, of alcohol by volume and being fit for use for beverage purposes,” as indicated by the overt acts pleaded. All defendants…