Robertson v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of New Mexico. Criminal prosecution by the United States against Clara Robertson. Judgment of conviction, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
STONE, Circuit Judge.
[1] Error from conviction for violation of presidential regulations of June 27, 1918, promulgated under section 12 of the Draft Act (40 Stat. 82 [Comp. St. 1918, Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1919, § 2019a]), prohibiting the transportation of intoxicants within a five-mile zone surrounding a military encampment. There are no properly preserved exceptions presenting any of the questions here argued. However, as the sentence involves imprisonment we have examined the points presented. The first contention is that no offense is stated in the information in violation of section 12.…
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