Berger v. United States, 626.
Decision Date | 15 December 1932 |
Docket Number | No. 626.,626. |
Citation | 62 F.2d 438 |
Parties | BERGER v. UNITED STATES. |
Court | U.S. Court of Appeals — Tenth Circuit |
Harry L. Jacobs, of Kansas City, Mo. (H. C. Castor and Victor J. Rogers, both of Wichita, Kan., and Ringolsky, Boatright & Jacobs, of Kansas City, Mo., on the brief), for appellant.
Donald Little, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Topeka, Kan. (S. M. Brewster, U. S. Atty., of Topeka, Kan., on the brief), for the United States.
Before LEWIS, COTTERAL, and PHILLIPS, Circuit Judges.
Berger was convicted and sentenced on three counts of an indictment which charged violations of section 3, title 2 of the National Prohibition Act, section 12, title 27 USCA, and has appealed.
After submission of the case to the jury and after the jury had deliberated thereon for twenty-three hours, the following proceedings occurred:
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