Martin v. United States

BRYAN, Circuit Judge.

Peter Martin and Louis Wentzell were convicted as charged in an indictment brought against them and a number of other defendants under section 37 of the Criminal Code (Comp. St. § 10201) alleging a conspiracy to import, transport, possess, and sell intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes, in violation of the National Prohibition Act (Comp. St. § 10138^4 et seq.). Several overt acts to effect the object of the conspiracy were set forth and proved by the testimony.

An assignment of error is to the effect that the indictment was insufficient, in that it failed to allege a…