Roach v. United States

The appellants were indicted in the court below under a bill of indictment containing two counts. The first of these charged a conspiracy under section 37 of the Penal Code (18 USCA § 88) to import, transport, and possess intoxicating liquors in violation of the National Prohibition Act. The second charged a conspiracy to violate the provisions of the Tariff Act of 1930 by bringing intoxicating liquors into the country contrary to the provisions of that aet. The record proper shows that before entering upon the trial the United States attorney, with the consent of the court, entered a nol.…