EASTER v. UNITED STATES

No. 3408.

62 F.2d 1070 (1933)

Earl EASTER, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

January 24, 1933.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. W. Messick, of Roanoke, Va., for appellant.

T. X. Parsons, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Roanoke, Va. (J. C. Shaffer, U. S. Atty., of Wytheville, Va., on the brief), for the United States.

Before PARKER, NORTHCOTT, and SOPER, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant was convicted of violation of the National Prohibition Act (27 USCA). His assignments of error complain of the refusal of the trial judge to direct a verdict in his favor and to instruct as requested with regard to circumstantial evidence. On the first point, it is sufficient to say, without reviewing the testimony, that we are of opinion that it was clearly sufficient to sustain the verdict. On the second, there was direct as well as circumstantial...

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