People v. Díaz Moure

Mr. Justice Negrón Fernández

delivered the opinion of the Court. '

The appellant herein was accused and convicted of fourteen violations of the Spirits and Alcoholic Beverages Act. In each one of the counts he was charged with having in . his possession and at his disposal on or about the 28th of June, 1949, in the Minillas Ward of Bayamón “a tin container with five gallons of rum (distilled spirits), without having attached the internal revenue stamps required by the Act.”

The fourteen cases were heard together in the lower court. The evidence showed that the' appellant was carrying the…