Legal Opinion
Scott v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 17, 1908No. 1,521PublishedCited by 4 opinions
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Georgia.
1Per curiam
It appears that John N. Scott, Moses Adams, Fred Fields, B. F. Adams, A. Adams, and J. H. Adams were indicted for conspiracy to defraud the United States of internal revenue taxes payable upon large quantities of distilled spirits, and upon trial were convicted and thereupon sentenced as follows: John N. Scott to pay a fine of $1,000 and to be imprisoned in the United States penitentiary at Atlanta for the term of 15 months, Moses Adams to imprisonment in the common jail at Fulton county for the term of 6 months and to pay a fine of $500, B. F. Adams to be imprisoned in the common jail of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Bates v. United StatesUnited States Circuit Court · 1881
- Angle v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1908
- United States v. WynnDistrict Court, E.D. Missouri · 1882
3Cited by4 opinions
- Ritter v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1956
- United States v. Port Washington Brewing Co.District Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1921
- Yarbrough v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1945
- Olen v. Ritter v. United States of America, Kenneth Meador v. United States of America, Guy R. Cox v. United States of America, Paul C. Briggs v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1956