Cantrell v. United States

BRYAN, Circuit Judge.

The defendants, Cantrell, Hunnicutt, Kerr, and Johnson, were convicted upon an indictment charging them, in separate counts, with having in their pos session a still for the purpose of distilling' spirits without having first registered the same, with engaging in the business of distillers without giving bond, with carrying on that business with intent to defraud the government of its tax on distilled spirits, and with making mash fit for the distillation of whisky on premises other than a distillery duly authorized by law, all in violation of the requirements of sections…