DICKERSON v. UNITED STATES

No. 7458.

18 F.2d 887 (1927)

DICKERSON et al. v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

April 9, 1927.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. C. Putnam, of Des Moines, Iowa (Walter Maley, Paul Williams, and Wilson & Shaw, all of Des Moines, Iowa, on the brief), for plaintiffs in error.

Ross R. Mowry, U. S. Atty., of Newton, Iowa (Frank Wilson and Ray C. Fountain, Asst. U. S. Attys., of Des Moines, Iowa, on the brief), for the United States.

Before KENYON, Circuit Judge, and SYMES and MOLYNEAUX, District Judges.


MOLYNEAUX, District Judge.

The four plaintiffs in error, Dickerson, Conroy, Halley, and Eaton, were indicted together with fifteen other individuals and one corporation, charging conspiracy and various violations of the Prohibition Act (Comp. St. § 10138¼ et seq.). There were five counts in the indictment, and plaintiffs in error were convicted on the first and fourth counts.

The first count charged all of the defendants with a conspiracy (a) to...

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