YAWN v. UNITED STATES

No. 16164.

244 F.2d 235 (1957)

James William YAWN, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

May 17, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wayne E. Ripley, Jacksonville, Fla., for appellant.

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

Before TUTTLE, JONES and BROWN, Circuit Judges.


JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, convicted below of conspiracy to violate the Internal Revenue Code by unlawfully possessing and controlling distilling apparatus and distilled spirits, and engaging in the business of a distiller without paying taxes thereon, is here insisting that a reversal is required principally because one of ten overt acts allegedly committed in furtherance of the conspiracy had been judicially determined against the Government and in...

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