United States v. Angelo Chieppa, Abe Ivicola, Anthony Petti, and Joseph D. Polverino

WATERMAN, Circuit Judge.

Angelo Chieppa, Abe Ivicola, Joseph Polverino, and Anthony Petti appeal from judgments of conviction for several offenses relating to the operation of an illicit distillery. One count charged a conspiracy under 18 U.S.C. § 371, whereas the other counts charged substantive violations of the Alcohol Tax Laws under former 26 U.S.C. §§ 2833, 2810, 2834, and 2803(a), Int.Rev.Code of 1939. Chieppa and Polverino were charged on all counts of the indictment. Ivicola and Petti were charged only on the cons°piracy count and on one substantive count. The appellants were tried…