Goukler v. United States

WOOLLEY, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs in error (defendants below) were convicted upon three counts of an indictment charging hrst, conspiracy to transport liquor; second, possession of liquor; and third, transportation of liquor, in violation of statutes of the United States. After sentence, including imprisonment under the first count, they sued out this writ of error.

Goukler and Palmer were .caught by a United States Custom Guard, at night, in waters of the United States off the Absecon Inlet in the gas screw boat Edwin H. Berke transporting a cargo of liquor. On being hailed by the Coast…