Alderman v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Florida; Rhydon M. Call, Judge. J. H. Alderman and others were convicted of conspiracy to violate the National Prohibition Act, and of violating that act in certain particulars, and they bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Circuit Judge.
Alderman and six others were indicted in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, charged with (1) a conspiracy to violate the National Prohibition Act (41 Stat. 305), by possessing, transporting, and selling intoxicating liquors; (2) transporting intoxicating liquors in violation of said statute; and (3) unlawfully possessing intoxicating liquors. Alderman and five others were placed on trial. They did not demur to the indictment, but each pleaded not guilty.
At the conclusion of the testimony for the government, said defendants moved for the…
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