Peter Hand Co. v. United States

PAGE, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a decree awarding an injunction to abate a nuisance under the National Prohibition Act (Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1923, § 10138¼ et seq.). The defendants (appellants) urge several reasons why the bill should have been dismissed at the close of tho trial, for failure to prove material allegations.

The record shows that tho marshal entered the premises under a search warrant, and that thereafter defendants were operating under a special permit from the court to manufacture and dispose of certain materials on hand. It is claimed that thereby the nuisance, if…