Legal Opinion

United States v. Kent

District Court, S.D. Illinois

Decided November 20, 1929No. Cr. No. 1045PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FITZHENRY, District Judge.

Defendant is indicted for violating the National Prohibition Aet (27 USCA), and has entered his motion to quash count 2, and demurs generally and specially to the Other counts. Count 2 charges a violation of the National Prohibition Act, within the provisions of the recent amendment thereto, known as the “Jones” Law (27 USCA §§ 91, 92). The constitutionality of the Jones Aet is attacked and, it is claimed that, by reason of the enactment of the Willis-Campbell Act of 1921 (27 USCA §§ 2, 3, 15, 18, 20, 53, 54, 56), the applicable portions of the penalty section of the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. United States v. YuginovichSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
  2. United States v. StafoffSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
  3. Ravitz v. HamiltonDistrict Court, W.D. Kentucky · 1921

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Foster v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1931
  2. Thomas v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1931
  3. Snider v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1930

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