Wyman v. United States, 263 U.S. 14 (1923)

Wyman v. United States


No. 140


Argued October 4, 1923
Decided October 22, 1923
263 U.S. 14

ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

Syllabus

Decided upon the authority of Brede v. Powers, ante,4.

Affirmed.

Error to the District Court for the Eastern District of New York to review a judnent sentencing the plaintiff in error to imprisonment for 45 days in the Essex County Jail, Newark, New Jersey, for the offense of selling whisky for "beverage purposes," in violation of § 3, Title II, of the National Prohibition Act, 41 Stat. 305, 308. The prosecution was by information.