ALBRECHT v. UNITED STATES

No. 9.

273 U.S. 1 (1927)

ALBRECHT ET AL. v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 3, 1927.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles A. Houts, with whom Messrs. Samuel W. Baxter and D.E. Keefe were on the brief, for the plaintiffs in error.

Solicitor General Mitchell, with whom Assistant Attorney General Willebrandt and Mr. John J. Byrne, Attorney in the Department of Justice, were on the brief, for the United States.


MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the Court.

This direct writ of error to the federal court for eastern Illinois, was allowed under § 238 of the Judicial Code prior to the amendment of February 13, 1925. Albrecht and his associates were sentenced to either fine or imprisonment upon each of nine counts of an information charging violations of the National Prohibition Act.

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