Case Name: Aubrey HAUGHN et al., Plaintiffs in Error, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant in Error
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1926-05-12
Citations: 13 F.2d 75
Docket Number: No. 4762
Parties: Aubrey HAUGHN et al., Plaintiffs in Error, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant in Error.
Judges: Before WALKER, BRYAN, and FOSTER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 13
Pages: 75–76

Head Matter:
Aubrey HAUGHN et al., Plaintiffs in Error, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant in Error.
(Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
May 12, 1926.)
No. 4762.
Palmer Pillans, of Mobile, Ala. (Alexis T. Gresham, H. Pillans, and Pillans, Cowley & Gresham, all of Mobile, Ala., on the brief), for plaintiffs in error.
Aubrey Boyles, U. S. Atty., of Mobile, Ala.
Before WALKER, BRYAN, and FOSTER, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
POSTER, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs in error were the master and crew of the British schooner Hazel E. Herman, which was seized on September 23, 1925, by the Coast Guard at a point 16 marine miles off the coast of Louisiana. They were convicted of violations of the National Prohibition Act (Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1923, § 10138)4 et seq.), alleged to have occurred at said time and place.
Various errors are assigned, of which it is necessary to consider only those running t© the overruling of a motion for a directed verdict The facts are similar to those appearing in the case of Hennings v. United States, 13 F.(2d) 74, decided this day. The motion to' direct should have been granted.
Reversed.