Legal Opinion
Olmstead v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 9, 1927No. 5016PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GILBERT, Circuit Judge.
Ninety-one-defendants were indicted for conspiracy to-violate the National Prohibition Act (Comp. St. § 10138% et seq.). Some of them were-not apprehended; some were acquitted; others pleaded guilty. Twenty-one were convicted, 9 of whom join in the writ of error. The» *844conspiracy was charged in two counts: First, a conspiracy to possess, transport, and import intoxicating liquors and to maintain common nuisances; second, a conspiracy to barter, sell, deliver, and furnish intoxicating liquors in violation of the act. There was evidence of the purchase of large quantities…
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