People v. Broas

Defendant was informed against in the Jackson circuit court for possessing and transporting intoxicating liquor in the township of Grass Lake, Jackson county, on the 10th day of January, 1927. He was convicted, and files exceptions before sentence.

It appears that on the 10th day of January, 1927, word was communicated to the sheriff's force at Jackson that a Ford coupé, loaded with intoxicating liquor, was on its way to Battle Creek, and that it would pass Jackson some time in the afternoon of that date. With this information two deputies drove east on M-17, and late in the afternoon ran into…