HODGES v. UNITED STATES

No. 16171.

243 F.2d 281 (1957)

Douglas Joseph HODGES and Vernon Clyatt, Rewis, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

April 12, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. M. Crabtree, Jr., John W. Muskoff, Jacksonville, Fla., for appellants.

E. Coleman Madsen, Asst. U. S. Atty., Jacksonville, Fla., James L. Guilmartin, U. S. Atty., Miami, Fla., for appellee.

Before TUTTLE, JONES and JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.


BROWN, Circuit Judge.

Hodges and Rewis were jointly indicted, tried and convicted under 26 U. S.C.A. §§ 5174, 5606, 5216, and 5008 for illegal possession of distilling apparatus, carrying on the business of a distillery without bond, fermenting mash, and possession of distilled spirits. Each appeals by separate counsel.

Caught red-handed in the raid of January 12, 1955, on his own property from which he could not escape with a 500-gallon still, 4500...

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