United States V. Derrick

Appellants Derrick and Finchum, with four others, were charged in a six count indictment with conspiring to defraud the United States by manufacturing non-tax paid distilled spirits, and related offenses, all arising out of an extensive bootlegging operation in Tennessee. The original trial in the district court resulted in a hung jury, during which the trial judge directed a verdict in favor of the defendants on Count 5 of the indictment. In the second trial, Finchum and Derrick were acquitted of Count 2, but found guilty on Counts 1, 3, 4 and 6.