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Rossi v. United States, 289 U.S. 89 (1933)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Rossi v. United States, 289 U.S. 89 (1933)
Rossi v. United States No. 594 Argued March 13, 1933 Decided April 10, 1933 289 U.S. 89
CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT
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1. Under § 3266 R.S.; 26 U.S.C. § 291, a person may not register, or have lawful custody or control of, a still set up in a dwelling house for the manufacture of alcoholic spirits. P. 91.
2. In prosecutions for carrying on the business of a distiller without giving bond and for having possession and control of a still not registered, the failure to register and to give bond may be inferred from proof that the still, in the custody and control of the defendants, was set up and operating, or ready to operate, in a dwelling house. P. 90.
3. The burden of proof to show execution of a bond and registration of the still was upon the defendants. Id.
4. It is not incumbent upon the prosecution to adduce positive evidence to support a negative averment, the truth of which is fairly indicated by established circumstances and which if untrue could be readily disproved by the production of documents or other evidence probably within the defendants’ possession or control. P. 91.
60 F.2d 955 affirmed.
Certiorari, 288 U.S. 595, to review the affirmance of convictions under an indictment charging violations of the Internal Revenue Laws.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Rossi v. United States, 289 U.S. 89 (1933) in 289 U.S. 89 Original Sources, accessed November 22, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=HBQ17GMC8251UEV.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Rossi v. United States, 289 U.S. 89 (1933), in 289 U.S. 89, Original Sources. 22 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=HBQ17GMC8251UEV.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Rossi v. United States, 289 U.S. 89 (1933). cited in 1933, 289 U.S. 89. Original Sources, retrieved 22 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=HBQ17GMC8251UEV.
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