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SHAW v. UNITED STATES

No. 5792.

41 F.2d 26 (1930)

SHAW et al. v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 16, 1930.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. H. Ellis and L. L. Saxon, both of Columbiana, Ala., for appellants.

Charles B. Kennamer, U. S. Atty., of Birmingham, Ala., and J. Osmond Middleton, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Clanton, Ala.

Before BRYAN and FOSTER, Circuit Judges, and HOLMES, District Judge.

HOLMES, District Judge.

The appellants and 17 others were indicted on six counts for conspiracy to violate the National Prohibition Act (27 USCA). Some of the defendants pleaded guilty, six were acquitted, and nine convicted by a jury. Among those convicted were the appellants, the others having accepted the sentence imposed. The allegations of the indictment and the evidence were to the effect that one of the defendants was sheriff of Shelby county, Ala., and some...

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