Moore v. United States

BRYAN, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, George W. Moore, was convicted upon an indictment which charged him with resisting with a deadly weapon a prohibition agent, Robert K. Moneure, in the execution of a search warrant which it was alleged authorized a search of his dwelling house and the seizure of a.ny intoxicating liquor found on his premises. The indictment was drawn under 38 USCA § 121, and was demurred to on the ground that it did not charge an offense under that section, hut only alleged a violation of 18 USCA § 628, which authorizes a maximum punishment of two years in the penitentiary; but…