State v. Charette

The defendant was charged, by information filed in the district court of Beaverhead county, with the crime of un lawfully possessing whisky. Upon her plea of not guilty the case was regularly tried to a jury, which by its verdict found her guilty as charged, leaving the punishment to be fixed by the court. The court sentenced her to a term of imprisonment of four months in the county jail and to pay a fine of $500. Judgment was accordingly entered. The appeal is from the judgment.

It appears that on the morning of May 9, 1925, for the purpose of discovering evidence of violation of the liquor…