Preyer v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of South Carolina, at Charleston; Henry A. M. Smith, Judge. Henry J. Preyer was convicted of violation of the Reed Amendment, and brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
KNAPP, Circuit Judge.
Preyer was indicted for transporting liquor into the state of South Carolina in violation of the Act of Congress of March 3, 1917 (39 Stat. 1069, c. 162 [Comp. St. 1918, §§ 8739a, 10387a-10387c]), known as the Reed Amendment. .The jury found him guilty and sentence followed. At the time of his trial it was apparently assumed by the court below, as well as by counsel on both sides, that he could be convicted, if the evidence otherwise *158warranted, although the liquor found in his possession was being carried to Florida, and not to South Carolina. In consequence .no issue was…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- United States v. GudgerSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
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