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12 F.2d 598

Docket Nos. 2439, 2440.

Shevitz v. United State

Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals

Decided April 30, 1926.)

Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals · decided 1926-04-30

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Opinion by COCHRAN · Decided 1926-04-30

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¶1Criminal law <@=»1159(3,4) — Circuit Court of Appeals will not pass on credibility of witnesses, or conflicting testimony, on appeal from conviction of violating National Prohibition Act (Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1923, § 101381/4 et seq.).

¶2It is not the province of the Circuit Court of Appeals, on appeal from conviction of violating the National Prohibition Act (Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1923,'§ 1013814 et seq.), to pass on credibility of witnesses or probabilities of conflicting testimony.

¶3In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District' of Virginia, at Richmond; D. Lawrence Givner, Judge.

¶4Phil Shevitz and Joe Clayman were each convicted separately of violating the National Prohibition Act, and they bring error.

¶5Affirmed.

¶6Hiram M. Smith, of Richmond, Va. (John P. Flanagan, of Richmond, Va., on the brief), for plaintiffs in error.

¶7Paul W. Kear, U. S. Atty., of Norfolk, Va. (Callom B. Jones, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Richmond, Va., and Alvah H. Martin, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Norfolk, Va., on the brief), for the United States.

¶8Before WADDILL and PARKER, Circuit Judges, and ERNEST E. COCHRAN, District Judge.

¶9PER CURIAM.

¶10These two eases were tried together in the District Court by consent and were heard together here. Plaintiffs in error were charged with violation of the National Prohibition Act (Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1923, § ÍOISS^. et seq.), and their defense was an'alibi.

¶11The questions involved were questions of fact, and these have been decided against plaintiffs in error by the jury which.tried them. There was ample evidence to sustain the verdict and it is not our province to pass upon the credibility of witnesses or the probabilities of conflicting testimony. The trial judge fairly and impartially instructed the jury as to the law applicable to- the ease, and the exceptions to his charge are without merit. There was no error, and the judgment of the District Court is affirmed.

¶12Affirmed.

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