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430 F.2d 1330

Docket No. 29185

United States v. Hollon

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Decided Aug. 7, 1970.

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · decided 1970-08-07

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently August 1970

1 federal appellate ·

2 counsel of record

Relies on Murphy v. Houma Well Service · Huth v. Southern Pacific Co. · Liverman v. United States

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Opinion by (per_curiam) · Decided 1970-08-07

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¶1Summary Calendar.

¶2See also 5 Cir., 420 F.2d 302.

¶3George W. Cameron, Jr., Montgomery, Ala., for appellant.

¶4Ira DeMont, U. S. Atty., D. Broward Segrest, Asst. U. S. Atty., Montgomery, Ala., for appellee.

¶5Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, and MORGAN and INGRAHAM, Circuit Judges.

¶6PER CURIAM:

¶7Pursuant to Rule 18 of the Rules of this Court, we have concluded on the merits that this case is of such character as not to justify oral argument and have directed the clerk to place the case on the Summary Calendar and to notify the parties in writing. See Murphy v. Houma Well Service, 5 Cir., 1969, 409 F.2d 804, Part I; and Huth v. Southern Pacific Company, 5 Cir., 1969, 417 F.2d 526, Part I.

¶8In this moonshine case, appellant was found guilty on both counts of an indictment charging violation of federal Internal Revenue laws, Sections 5179(a) and 5601(a) (1), 5601(a) (7), Title 26, U.S.C.A. The only issues on appeal are whether the paraphernalia Hollon had in his possession constituted a still and whether venue of the crime was proved.

¶9The paraphernalia in defendant’s barn, together with the 140 gallons of rye mash *1331in the seven 55-gallon fermenters certainly met the “set up” test of Phillips v. United States, 5 Cir., 1970, 427 F.2d 1025, a recent case in which Chief Judge Brown of this Circuit so ably discussed the statutory provisions of 26 U.S.C.A., §§ 5179(a) and 5601(a). Hollon relies upon the case of Liverman v. United States, 4 Cir., 1958, 260 F.2d 284, but under the facts in the case at hand, Liver-man does not compel a different result.

¶10A perusal of the entire record clearly indicates that there is no merit in appellant’s contention that venue was not proved in the district court.

¶11Affirmed.

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