Legal Opinion
Swafford v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 12, 1928No. 7952PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KENYON, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff in error was convicted on two counts of an indictment, the first charging him with unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor in the city of Bristow, Creek county, state of Oklahoma, a place within the limits of what had been Indian Territory prior to the admission of Oklahoma into the Union, and where the possession of intoxicating liquor is and was prohibited by federal statutes. The second count alleged a sale of intoxicating liquor at the’same place. The indictment was challenged by motion to quash, on the ground that the same was indefinite in description;…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Buchanan v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1926
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