Legal Opinion
Becher v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 8, 1924No. 29PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEARNED HAND, District Judge.
The three plaintiffs in error, in company with nineteen others, were indicted on June 29, 1923, upon nine counts, of which three alone remained at the trial, Nos. 1, 8, and 9. The first was for conspiracy to defraud the United States of customs duties and internal revenue taxes by the fraudulent withdrawal of 4,900 cases of whisky and 295 cases of champagne. The eighth was for a conspiracy to violate the National Prohibition Act (Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1923, § 10138^4 et seq.) by possessing, transporting, and selling these intoxicating liquors. The ninth was for the…
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