Filiatreau v. United States

HICKENLOOPER, District Judge.

On October 17,1924, an indictment was returned against the plaintiffs in error jointly, charging them with conspiracy to violate the National Prohibition Act (Comp. St. § 10138(4 et seq.), in the first count; in the second count with the sale of 50 gallons of whisky on or about the 20th day of August, 1924, near Bear Wallow, in Washington county, Ky.; and in the third count with the illegal possession of said 50 gallons of whisky, as of the same date and place, averring further that such illegal possession was a first offense of that kind upon the part of J. R.…