Jacob Harper v. United States

Appellant was convicted of violating 26 U.S.C.A. §§ 5180 and 5681(c), and 26 U.S.C.A. §§ 5601(a) (8) and 5222 which proscribe, respectively, the non-licensed working and producing of spirituous liquors. We find his appeal to be without merit.

The question of venue was waived. The question turned on the location of the still. The indictment alleged that it was in Coffee County which is in in the Waycross Division of the Southern District of Georgia. No venue question was asserted until after the close of the evidence. Appellant then claimed the still was in an adjoining county which was in the…