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WAINER v. UNITED STATES

No. 51.

299 U.S. 92 (1936)

57 S.Ct. 79

81 L.Ed. 58

WAINER ET AL. v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 9, 1936.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John E. Dougherty, with whom Messrs. Harry C. Heyl and Irwin S. Rubelle were on the brief, for petitioners.

Mr. Gordon Dean argued the cause, and Solicitor General Reed, Assistant Attorney General McMahon, and Mr. Mahlon D. Kiefer filed a brief, for the United States.

MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS delivered the opinion of the Court.

The petitioners were convicted and sentenced in the District Court under an indictment, the second count of which charged them with conducting the business of wholesale liquor dealers without having paid the special tax imposed by the federal revenue laws. The judgment was affirmed by the Circuit Court of Appeals.1 Certiorari was granted limited to the question whether the statute...

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