Jones v. United States

SYMES, District Judge.

The plaintiff in error, Jones, appeals from a conviction for the unlawful possession and the unlawful sale of intoxicating liquors, to wit, alcohol, on May 2, 1925. The only witness called by either side, W. N. Dodge, testified 'for the government that he called the defendant Jones at his home on the telephone and stated that he wanted a gallon of alcohol, which the defendant agreed to deliver. A short time thereafter the defendant brought a gallon of alcohol to Dodge at the latter’s drug store, and received $15 in payment.

The first or possession count charged that the…