Shields v. United States

BUFFINGTON, Circuit Judge.

In the court below, Daniel J. Shields, Milan Dick-lick, Julius Rothstein, William Holzmann, and a number of other persons were jointly indicted for violation of the National Prohibition Act (Comp. St. § 10138Í4 et seq.).' Before the trial, Dieklick pleaded nolo contendere and was sentenced. See Hudson v. United States (C. C. A.) 9 F.(2d) 825; Id., 47 S. Ct. 127, 71 L. Ed.-. Subsequently Rothstein, Holzmann, Shields, and sundry other defendants went to trial, and, confining our attention to his case, Shields was found guilty, was sentenced, and thereafter sued out…