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UNITED STATES v. STANDARD BREWERY

Nos. 458, 474.

251 U.S. 210 (1920)

40 S.Ct. 139

64 L.Ed. 229

UNITED STATES v. STANDARD BREWERY, INCORPORATED. UNITED STATES v. AMERICAN BREWING COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 5, 1920.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Solicitor General and Mr. Assistant Attorney General Frierson for the United States:

Mr. William L. Marbury, with whom Mr. Randolph Barton, Jr., and Mr. William L. Rawls were on the brief, for defendant in error in No. 458.

Mr. Elihu Root, with whom Mr. William D. Guthrie was on the brief, for defendant in error in No. 474.

Mr. Wayne B. Wheeler and Mr. Andrew Wilson, by leave of court, filed a brief as amici curiae.

MR. JUSTICE DAY delivered the opinion of the court.

These causes are here under the Criminal Appeals Act, March 2, 1907, c. 2564, 34 Stat. 1246, and require the construction of the so-called "War-Time Prohibition Act," of November 21, 1918, c. 212, 40 Stat. 1045, 1046, 1047.

In No. 458 the Standard Brewery, Incorporated, was indicted for unlawfully using certain grains, cereals, fruit, and other food products on the...

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