SILER v. UNITED STATES

No. 5625.

163 F.2d 782 (1947)

SILER v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

October 8, 1947.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carlisle W. Higgins, of Greensboro, N. C. (J. Erle McMichael, of Winston-Salem, N. C., and A. Cleo Davis, of Greensboro, N. C., on the brief), for appellant.

John D. McConnell, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Southern Pines, N. C. (Bryce R. Holt, U. S. Atty., of Greensboro, N. C., on the brief), for appellee.

Before PARKER, SOPER, and DOBIE, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from a conviction and sentence for violation of the Internal Revenue laws with reference to the manufacture of distilled spirits. There was uncontradicted evidence that a 250 gallon still and 3650 gallons of fermented mash ready for distillation were found by the government officers within three or four hundred yards of appellant's home in a rural section of Chatham County, North Carolina. A path and a road led from the still site to...

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