Milton Grady Ramsey v. United States

An indictment was filed in the District Court for the Southern District of California, charging defendant Ramsey with possession of a still in Count One, with carrying on the business o.f a distiller without giving bond in Count Two, with engaging in the business of a distiller without giving notice in Count Three, with carrying on the business of a rectifier while failing to pay the special tax in Count Four, with possession of distilled spirits without the stamp denoting tax payment thereon in Count Five, and with having removed and concealed distilled spirits in Count Six.

A search warrant had been issued for the premises located at 1011 and 1011% West 223rd Street in Torrance, California. The search warrant was directed against tax unpaid distilled spirits. Nothing was found in either of the two houses. The officers continued in a shed and garage. Another shed some distance from the houses was locked, and defendant on order unlocked it. In this and various other little sheds, there were found the component parts of a still, which, however, was not set up or in operation. There were also found some forty gallons of liquid, which was testified at the trial to be distilled…