PONTIFF v. UNITED STATES

No. 1874.

9 F.2d 29 (1925)

PONTIFF v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

December 7, 1925.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Backus, of Boston, Mass. (John B. Lowney and Edward J. Harrington, both of New Bedford, Mass., on the brief), for plaintiff in error.

George R. Farnum, of Boston, Mass. (Harold P. Williams, of Boston, Mass., on the brief), for the United States.

Before BINGHAM, JOHNSON, and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.


BINGHAM, Circuit Judge.

This is a writ of error from a judgment of conviction in the federal District Court for Massachusetts on an indictment containing two counts. The first count charged that the defendant "unlawfully and knowingly did transport intoxicating liquor containing over one-half of 1 per cent. of alcohol by volume as defined in the Act of Congress of October 28, 1919, commonly known as the National Prohibition...

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