United States v. Adams Exp. Co.

McPHERSON, District Judge.

This case is by indictment, charging the defendant as a joint-stock association (with the stockholders being unknown), within this district “carrying on the business of a retail liquor dealer without having paid the special tax as required by law.” On motion of defendant the government was required to and has filed a bill of particulars. This bill is lengthy', but the substance is as follows: The defendant is a common carrier of goods, parcels, and merchandise, doing business as such in Iowa, Illinois, and other states, and the Dallas Transportation Company is a…