McFarland v. United States

EVAN A. EVANS, Circuit Judge.

For violating an injunetional order issued in an equity suit brought under section 22 of title 2 of the National Prohibition Act (Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1923, § 10138½k), the *649two above-named plaintiffs in error were punished as for criminal contempt. A third party, Patrick McFarland, was discharged. The writs of error present some different questions, though most of the controverted issues are the same. Argued together on the same record, they will be disposed of in one opinion.

The temporary “writ of injunction,” as it is termed, was issued without notice, and is…