Scardina v. United States

WALKER, Circuit Judge.

The appellant was convicted under an indictment which charged that, at a nam*700ed time and place, appellant possessed described distilled spirits "contained in described immediate containers which did not then and there have affixed thereto stamps denoting the quantity of distilled spirits contained therein and evidencing payment of all internal revenue taxes imposed on such spirits. The offense charged was created by the Liquor Taxing Act of 1934, § 201, 48 Stat. 316, 26 U.S.C.A. § 267 (26 U.S.C.A. § 1152a).

The sole ground on which a reversal of the judgment is sought is…