United States v. Buckingham
District Court, D. Oregon
H. W. Buckingham and Virgil Clover were convicted of violating Rev. St. § 3258, by having in their possession and custody a still and distilling apparatus set up, without having registered the same with the collector. On motion by defendant Bucltingham to be released from custody.
1Opinion of the Court
WOLVERTON, District Judge.
The defendants were indicted and charged, among other counts, with a violation of section 3258, Revised Statutes (Comp. St. § 5994), for having in their possession and custody a still and distilling apparatus set up, without having registered the same with the collector. Each of the defendants entered a plea of guilty, and each was adjudged to pay a fine of $100, and to pay a penalty of $500, and to be imprisoned in the county jail for 30 days.
The defendant Buckingham now moves to be released from custody, having paid his fine of $100 and served his sentence of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- United States v. ReisingerSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- United States v. ChouteauSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
- United States v. MooreDistrict Court, D. New Hampshire · 1882