Goldberg v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Georgia; Beverly D. Evans, Judge. Harry Goldberg and another were convicted of carrying on the business of a retail liquor dealer without having paid the special tax, and of unlawful sale of distilled spirits for beverage purposes, contrary to the War-Time Prohibition Act, and they bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
BRYAN, Circuit Judge.
The defendants, Harry Goldberg and Israel Goldberg, were convicted upon a joint indictment, charging that on July 29, 1919, they were carrying on the business of a retail liquor dealer without having paid the special tax required by Revised Statutes, § 3244 (Comp. St. §§ 5971, 6176, 6187). Each defendant was also convicted -upon a separate indictment charging an unlawful sale, on July 31, 1919, of distilled spirits for beverage purposes. The joint indictment is based upon Revised Statutes, § 3242 (section 5965), and the separate indictments upon the provision of the War…
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