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BRASFIELD v. UNITED STATES

No. 243.

272 U.S. 448 (1926)

47 S.Ct. 135

71 L.Ed. 345

BRASFIELD ET AL. v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 22, 1926.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John W. Preston for the petitioner, submitted.

Assistant to the Attorney General Donovan, with whom Solicitor General Mitchell and Mr. William D. Whitney, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, were on the brief, for the United States.

MR. JUSTICE STONE delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioners were convicted in the District Court for northern California of the offense (§ 37 of the Criminal Code) of conspiracy to possess and transport intoxicating liquors in violation of the National Prohibition Act. The conviction was affirmed by the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. 8 Fed. (2d) 472. This Court granted certiorari. 269 U.S. 550; Jud. Code, § 240(a) as amended.

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