Laughter v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for'the Northern District of Texas; James C. Wilson, Judge. Lucian C. Laughter was convicted of violating the Reed Amendment, and he brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
WALKER, Circuit Judge.
The indictment in this case against the plaintiff in error and another was filed on the 19ih day of April, 1919, and contained six counts, the fifth and sixth of which were dismissed on motion of the district attorney. After a severance had been ordered, and a motion of the plaintiff in error to quash the first, second, third, and fourth counts had been overruled, he pleaded guilty to the third and fourth counts, and not guilty to the first and second counts. Following a verdict of guilty on the four counts on which he was tried, lie was sentenced to imprisonment in the…
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- Frankfurt v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1916