Gorat v. United States

Appellant was convicted on four counts of an indictment, two of which charged as subsequent offenses sales of intoxicating liquor, one charged illegal possession, and one charged maintenance 'of a nuisance. Appellant was given a jail sentence of five months on each count, the same to run concurrently, and on one count in addition to the jail sentence was fined $500.

The main alleged errors were in the introduction of certain invoices purporting to be for corks, bottles, flasks, etc., found at the time of the'arrest of a codefendant,'Pay-sen, in the place claimed to be a common nuisance, error…