BURNSTEIN v. UNITED STATES

No. 6441.

55 F.2d 599 (1932)

BURNSTEIN et al. v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

January 18, 1932.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Otto Christensen, Fred H. Moore, and Donald Armstrong, all of Los Angeles, Cal., for appellants.

Samuel W. McNabb, U. S. Atty., and J. Geo. Ohannesian, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Los Angeles, Cal.

Before WILBUR and SAWTELLE, Circuit Judges, and JAMES, District Judge.


WILBUR, Circuit Judge.

The appellants were convicted of a violation of the National Prohibition Act by selling, for beverage purposes, nine drinks of a medicinal preparation containing more than one-half of one per cent. of alcohol. The evidence showed that the particular preparation involved was known as Amargo Bitters, containing about 47 per cent. alcohol by volume. The label on the bottles stated 47 per cent. and the government chemist testified that he found...

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