LAIRD v. UNITED STATES

No. 7533.

252 F.2d 121 (1958)

William Woodrow LAIRD and Cecil Reese, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided January 14, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Williams, Aiken, S. C. (Williams & Busbee, Aiken, S. C., on brief), for appellants.

George E. Lewis, Asst. U. S. Atty., Conway, S. C. (N. Welch Morrisette, Jr., U. S. Atty., Columbia, S. C., on brief), for appellee.

Before PARKER, Chief Judge, and SOPER and HAYNSWORTH, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal in a criminal case wherein appellants were convicted of illicit distilling in violation of the internal revenue laws. The appellants were indicted with one Dicks, who pleaded guilty and testified against them. There was ample evidence that a still was being operated by appellant Reese in a vacant tenant house belonging to Dicks and that appellant Laird was assisting in the operation. In addition to questioning the sufficiency of the evidence...

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