Legal Opinion

Grayson v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided April 15, 1921No. 3470PublishedCited by 20 opinions

In Error to the District Court of the United 'States for the Eastern District of Tennessee; Edward T. Sanford, Judge. H. E. Grayson and another were convicted of conspiracy to transport intoxicating liquors into a state where the sale therein was prohibited, and they bring error.

1Opinion of the Court

KNAPPEN, Circuit Judge.

This writ is to review a conviction of plaintiffs in error (hereinafter called defendants) upon an indictment charging a conspiracy, under section 37 of the Criminal Code (Comp. St. § 10201), to violate the Reed Amendment (Act March 3, 1917, 39 Stat. c. 162, § 5, p. 1069 [Comp. St. 1918, Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1919, § 8739a]), by transporting intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes from points in Ohio and Kentucky into the state of Georgia, the laws of which state prohibited the manufacture and sale therein of intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes. The errors…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Hyde v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
  2. Burton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
  3. United States v. RabinowichSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
  4. Horning v. District of ColumbiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
  5. Hyde v. ShineSupreme Court of the United States · 1905

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. United States v. Richard D. EnrightCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1978
  2. Chew v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1925
  3. Tuckerman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1923
  4. Reass v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1938
  5. Yenkichi Ito v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1933

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