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Jack Marrin Williamson and Morris Lee Lowrey v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided March 5, 1963No. 19382PublishedCited by 184 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RIVES, Circuit Judge.

Williamson and Lowrey were convicted of possessing 179 gallons of whiskey in unstamped containers in violation of section 5604(a) (1), Title 26, United States Code. Williamson was also convicted of carrying on the business of a wholesale liquor dealer and willfully failing to pay the special tax required by law in violation of Section 569(a), Title 26, United States Code. The specifications of error claim (1) unlawful entrapment, (2) prejudicial argument of the United States Attorney, and (3) insufficient evidence of identity of each of the defendants. There was clearly…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. McNabb v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  2. Sorrells v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  3. Sherman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
  4. Mallory v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  5. United States v. MitchellSupreme Court of the United States · 1944

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3Cited by184 opinions

  1. United States v. ValenciaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2010
  2. United States v. Francisco ToscaninoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
  3. United States v. Norman ArcherCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1973
  4. The People v. MillsIllinois Supreme Court · 1968
  5. United States v. Stanley Friedman, Michael Lazar, Lester Shafran, and Marvin Kaplan, DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1988

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