United States v. Kent
District Court, S.D. Illinois
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…
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