HESTER v. UNITED STATES

No. 243.

265 U.S. 57 (1924)

HESTER v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 5, 1924.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Richard A. Ford for plaintiff in error. Mr. H.P. Burbage was also on the brief.

Mr. Solicitor General Beck and Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt, Assistant Attorney General, for the United States.


MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the Court.

The plaintiff in error, Hester, was convicted of concealing distilled spirits &c. under Rev. Stats., § 3296. The case is brought here directly from the District Court on the single ground that by refusing to exclude the testimony of two witnesses and to direct a verdict for the defendant, the plaintiff in error, the Court violated his rights under the Fourth and...

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