United States v. Pecoraro

There is only one point in this case: whether the evidence was sufficient to support the verdict; and as to that the answer as to each appellant depends on different facts. An illicit still was discovered in operation- on the farm of one, Herth, in Bellport, Long Island, and a number of the accused were proved to have been operating it. The question is whether the appellants were shown to have been engaged with the distillers in the undertaking. The evidence against Pecoraro came from Herth, who swore that one, Fran-zone, had worked at the still for about sixteen days, and had told him…