UNITED STATES v. BLOCK

No. 265.

88 F.2d 618 (1937)

UNITED STATES v. BLOCK et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

March 8, 1937.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis Halle, of New York City, for appellants.

Lamar Hardy, U. S. Atty., of New York City (John W. Burke, Jr., and Richard Delafield, Asst. U. S. Attys., and Walter B. Lockwood, Sp. Asst. U. S. Atty., all of New York City, of counsel), for the United States.

Before L. HAND, SWAN, and CHASE, Circuit Judges.


L. HAND, Circuit Judge.

Block and Levy were convicted with others upon three counts for possessing an unlawful still, and upon another count for conspiracy to possess the still and to defraud the United States of taxes by its use. In general outline the evidence proved that the ringleaders, Griffin, Brinkman, Block and Levy, leased a parcel of land near Fishkill in Dutchess County, N. Y., on which they set up a still with the aid of workmen, among others one Rubin...

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