Robinson v. United States

MARTINEAU, District Judge.

James Robinson, the defendant, in the early part of January, 1926, was a federal prohibition agent, working in Kansas City. He had been a prohibition agent from April, 1922, and had worked out of Hutchinson, Kan., until he was transferred to Kansas City, in January, 1926. In June, 1926, he resigned from the government service to run for sheriff of his county.

On January 14, 1926, while engaged in the prohibition work in Kansas City, he says that he purchased a quart of gin from one Dan Marsh, who was proprietor of the Rock-hill drug store. He says that a man, who was…