State v. McKeehan

— Defendant, Benjamin McKeehan, was convicted of selling the prosecuting witness, Sturman, certain intoxicating liquors, consisting of moonshine whisky, and he has appealed.

It appears that the sheriff, Charles Summerfield, had engaged Sturman to assist him in securing evidence of bootlegging against the defendant. After reciting his solicitation of -defendant at defendant’s home, Sturman testified that defendant went to Troy in quest of a supply; that he followed him to town and back to the residence, where defendant told him that he had two pints that the former might have, and went into the…