United States v. Aurelius Wilson Brown

This appeal was taken from a judgment of the District Court whereby the defendant was sentenced to a term of imprisonment after a verdict of guilty upon the charge of having in his possession a quantity of illicit whisky. Aurelius Wilson Brown, the appellant, was indicted with one George Johnson in two counts. The first count charged the defendants with the possession of twenty-four gallons of distilled spirits in containers not bearing the proper internal revenue stamps with intent to defraud the United States of tax on distilled spirits. The second count charged the defendants with…