Girgenti v. United States

THOMPSON, Circuit Judge.

These are appeals from judgments of the District Court for the District of New *742Jersey. The appellants were charged in four counts with violation of sections 281, 282, 304, and 307 of 26 U.S.C.A. (see 26 U.S.C.A. §§ 1162, 1163, 1182, 1185), namely, failure to give notice of the operation of a still, possession of an unregistered still, working in a distillery, and making and fermenting mash. The appellants were convicted of possession of an unregistered still and making and fermenting mash. They assign as error the refusal of the trial court to direct verdicts in their…