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SIMPSON v. UNITED STATES

No. 2341.

11 F.2d 591 (1926)

SIMPSON et al. v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

February 27, 1926.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Howard Hundley, of Charleston, W. Va. (J. Raymond Gordon, of Charleston, W. Va., on the brief), for plaintiffs in error.

B. J. Pettigrew, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Charleston, W. Va. (Elliott Northcott, U. S. Atty., of Huntington, W. Va., on the brief), for the United States.

Before WADDILL, ROSE, and PARKER, Circuit Judges.

PARKER, Circuit Judge.

The defendants were convicted under an indictment charging conspiracy to possess and transport intoxicating liquors in violation of the National Prohibition Act (Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1923, § 10138¼ et seq.). The point upon which they chiefly rely is that there was no sufficient evidence to support a conviction and that the court should have directed a verdict of not guilty. This requires that...

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