Ralph Dupoint v. United States

COLEMAN, Circuit Judge.

A jury in the Valdosta Division of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia convicted the appellant of the possession of an unregistered distillery, 26 U.S.C.A. §§ 5179(a), 5601(a), and of working at such a place where the required signs had not been posted, 26 U.S.C.A. §§ 5180, 5681(c). He was acquitted of counts charging the carrying on of the business of a distiller without giving bond and with intent to defraud the United States of the tax imposed thereon, 26 U.S.C.A. §§ 5173, 5601 (a), and 5602.

On February 3, 1966, an investigation was…