PEOPLE OF PORTO RICO v. ZAYAS

No. 2635.

56 F.2d 336 (1932)

PEOPLE OF PORTO RICO v. ZAYAS.

Circuit Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

February 25, 1932.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred W. Llewellyn, of Washington, D. C. (James R. Beverley, Atty. Gen., and William Cattron Rigby and Blanton Winship, both of Washington, D. C., on the brief), for the People of Porto Rico.

Before BINGHAM and WILSON, Circuit Judges, and MORTON, District Judge.


BINGHAM, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from the judgment of the Supreme Court of Porto Rico of December 19, 1930, reversing a judgment of the insular district court of Ponce and discharging the defendant.

The prosecution was begun by a complaint in the municipal court of Juana Diaz, charging the defendant with the violation of the National Prohibition Act (27 USCA). The caption of the complaint was:

"Municipal Court of Juana Diaz, Porto Rico.<...

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