MR. JUSTICE SANFORD delivered the opinion of the Court.
This is an appeal from an order sustaining a writ of habeas corpus and discharging Valante from custody.
He was tried in the District Court upon a criminal information charging him with misdemeanors under the National Prohibition Act. The judge of another federal district presided. The testimony was heard; and the jury was charged and retired to deliberate. Not having agreed upon a verdict by the...
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