Legal Opinion

Goff v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided March 22, 1919No. 5110PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Oklahoma; Joseph W. Woodrough, Judge. Criminal prosecution by the United States against R. E. Goff. Judgment of conviction, and defendant brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

WADE, District Judge.

Defendant was indicted for, and convicted of, the crime of introducing liquor from without the state into that part of the state of Oklahoma which was formerly Indian Territory. He was found by officers in Nowata, Okl., traveling in a Ford car equipped with a false bottom, having concealed in and about the car more than 280 pints of whisky and some beer. The indictment charged only that defendant “did introduce and carry into the county and district aforesaid, from without the state of Oklahoma,” liquor found in his possession.

At the close of the evidence offered by the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Naftzger v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1912
  2. Chambliss v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1914
  3. Lewellen v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1915
  4. Sellers v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1915

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Iva Ikuko Toguri D'Aquino v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1951
  2. Forte v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1937
  3. Rich v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1921
  4. Gulotta v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1940
  5. Tingle v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1930

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