Jordan v. States

299 F. 298, 1924 U.S. App. LEXIS 2573
CourtCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
DecidedJune 2, 1924
DocketNo. 4187
StatusPublished
Cited by9 cases

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Jordan v. States, 299 F. 298, 1924 U.S. App. LEXIS 2573 (9th Cir. 1924).

Opinion

GILBERT, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff in error was convicted and sentenced upon two counts of an information which charged him with unlawful sale and the unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor.

It is contended that the affidavit in verification of the information was wholly insufficient to warrant the arrest and trial of the plaintiff in error. The question whether it was insufficient to warrant his arrest is not before us. No attack is or was made upon the warrant of arrest.

On tlie trial no objection was made to the information for want of verification or upon any ground. By going to trial on the information, without objection, the plaintiff in-error waived his right to challenge the sufficiency of the verification. Simpson v. United States, 241 Fed. 841, 154 C. C. A. 543; Abbott Bros. Co. v. United [299]*299States, 242 Fed. 751, 155 C. C. A. 339; Wilson v. United States (C. C. A.) 275 Fed. 307; United States v. M’Donald (D. C.) 293 Fed. 433. And it is well settled that a trial and conviction may be had upon an information which is without verification. Kelly v. United States, 250 Fed. 947, 163 C. C. A. 197; Brown v. United States, 257 Fed. 703, 168 C. C. A. 653; Weeks v. United States, 216 Fed. 292, 132 C. C. A. 436, L. R. A. 1915B, 651, Ann. Cas. 1917C, 524.

The further contention is made that the provision of the National Prohibition Act (Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1923, § 10138J4 ft seq.) vyhich declares punishable the unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor is unconstitutional, for the reason that it is not authorized by any of the provisions of the Eighteenth Amendment. The question has been before this court, and decided adversely to the contention, in Page v. United States, 278 Fed. 41, and the same has been held in United States v. Murphy (D. C.) 264 Fed. 842, Rose v. United States (C. C. A.) 274 Fed. 245, and Massey v. United States (C. C. A.) 281 Fed. 293.

We find no error. The judgment is affirmed.

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