United States v. Jemison

ERVIN, District Judge.

This is a motion on behalf of the convicted defendants of this case to retax the costs. It appears that some 72 defendants were indicted for conspiracy to violate the National Prohibition Law (Comp. St. § 10138^4 et seq.), and that after various motions had been made by a number of the defendants, asking for separate trials, all of which were overruled, the trial was entered upon against some 60-odd of the defendants. After some two weeks of trial the jury convicted 8 of the defendants and acquitted the balance. The 8 convicted defendants were each sentenced, and in the…